If Dracula started out this cute, I bet people wouldn't have wanted to put a stake through his heart:
Albeit these aren't blood-suckers... They're baby fruit bats. Fruit bats, sometimes called Mega Bats or Flying Foxes, actually range in size depending on species, but can get to as large as 16 inches tall with a 5 foot wingspan. As the name implies, they eat fruit and nectar, and are major seed distributors and pollinators where they live.
How do I say it... oh yeah. I WANT ONE.
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