Today I learned that the university of Coimbra in Portugal has
a great 18th-century library, the Biblioteca Joanina, that maintains a colony of bats to effectively control the population of paper-eating insects called
papirófagos.
These bats are less than an inch long. They roost during the day behind the bookcases and come out at night. There doesn’t seem to be any English word for
papirófago, a cursory search turns up no details about what sort of insect they are, and ngl I am slightly concerned about them as a phenomenon. But I think my overarching point here is clear:
This library keeps tiny bats that look after the books.
I’m here for tiny bats saving books.
Aaaahhh!!
What good and noble tiny flitters!!!! ❤
My nayme is Batt And wen its nite On sylente wings I flye to fite
Iris Scott is a professional finger painter
known for her series of ‘Shakin’ Dogs.’
She’s admittedly lazy and hates cleaning
brushes, so she decided to ditch them
and started using her fingers instead.
Her oil paintings take just a few days to
complete, which she attributes to having
“five paint brushes instead of just one.” SourceSource 2Source 3
Apparently, when my neighbor’s 3-year-old daughter found out that I’m a manga artist, she said with a sparkle in her eyes, “I wonder if she draws princesses and stuff?” Sorry little girl, I only draw grubby old men.
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