Those flightless bats gave me nightmares as a kid.
The photo is the night zekamashi, Imshimakaze Whenitcomestospeedius (scientific name).
Author: Admiral ExcelCircle Gewalt
Birds are usually the first large beings to reach and settle on new islands, but in the case of the South Western Islands, automatic anti-aircraft equipment remained in operation long after Mankind had disappeared, enough to keep away birds. Consequently, destroyer fleets, the first large beings to arrive there, underwent evolution and became adapted to fill various ecological niches on the islands.After Kan: The Vesselogy and Geography Of The Sortie Worlds After Admirals Are ExtinctThe subtitle of the Japanese version of "After Man: A Zoology of the Future" was "The Zoology and Geography Of The Earth After Mankind Is Extinct" (人類滅亡後の地球を支配する動物世界).
Translation supervisor: Gewalt, former Solo Circle for Creating Crazy Doujin Books
The original line was, ”Translation supervisor: Imaizumi Yoshinori, former Head, Department of Zoology, The National Museum of Nature and Science."