A note from the Kumamoto International Flying Mammal Desk: Your faithful correspondent observed Japanese house bats this evening, a sure sign that spring has arrived as the species follows the burgeoning awakening of insects up from their winter homes in Taiwan and southern China to more northern latitudes.
Japanese house bats are unique in that their mothers swaddle their young in tiny blankets* - William
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_house_bat
*No, they don’t. I included this to battle chiroptophobia.