2021 - Inaugural FatBatWeek
Fatbat and Lolly bowls

This project started on Twitter (RIP) - I follow a lot of bat scientist online and someone mentioned, in response to the annual Fat Bear Week, that it was a shame there wasn't a "Fat Bat Week". I leapt on that idea and it has continued annually. A particular shout out to @honkifurhoary for sharing beautiful Hoary bat pictures (see #2 Humbug), and various other bat scicomms peeps inspiring and encouraging me on this project. FatBatWeek also came hard on the heels of a several month lockdown here in Australia - I spent 50 days designing a "Lock Dragon" a day (you can see them over on @yesthattallulah on Cara) And being in the habit of doing a daily drawing FatBatWeek was a delight - though its also really good to stop each year while I still want to draw them.

The ten bat species and their snacks depicted here are:
NZ Short Tailed bat, Fejoa gummies and Chocolate Fish, Fulvus roundleaf bat and Gulub jamun, Hoary bat and Humbugs,
Ghost bat and Red Frogs, Long-eared Pipstrelle and licorish allsorts, Honduran bat and Panama lollies
Epauletted bat and Halawa Simsim, East Asian free-tailed bat and Konpeito, Seba's Short-tailed bad and Lolly Bananas
Little Red Flyingfox in a Ginger Jar.

All Content is (c) myself, Tallulah Cunningham, from c.2018 to present day, unless otherwise stated, and I grant no reproduction or commercial use without written permission and remuneration for my skill and work. AI art exploiters can, politely, go jump in a guano pile.