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Mina

You all know snow owls, but have you ever seen snow bats? 😍

©Yana Fedorova

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Nuncio Bitis ✷ ✅ 🏳️‍🌈

@mina @phillip I just did a spit take… picture 1 is a translation using Google Translate. I’m sure this one is correct. Picture 2 is using the Translate button on Mastodon (LibreTranslate). Kind of a difference, no?

Mina

@nuncio

🤣

I have no idea, where LibreTranslate could have got this translation from.

No way!

@phillip

Sarah W

@mina @nuncio @phillip
I've just tried the translate button, and got the correct translation using deepl.
Has this been changed very swiftly) or does it depend on where one is/server/or something else?

Mina

@Sarahw

I have no idea, but now I am curious for the answer.

@nuncio @phillip

MooMoo the Cat

@mina @Sarahw @nuncio @phillip I'm using Elk.zone for my mastodon client on a laptop. Clicking the 'translate' link showed the translation as "it's fucking". I'm glad someone cleared up what the actual meaning is because otherwise that was too much information about that snake. 😆

NotHelpfulUntilIAm🥤 🌛 🗄️

@nuncio @mina @phillip Interesting, not only the word is wrong, the gender is also messed up.

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@mina ¿Eso existe? Es la primera vez que veo uno (bueno, dos).

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@mina Hoy en día con tanta IA ya no te puedes fiar tan fácilmente de lo que ves, aunque imagino que serán reales.

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@mina ¿Entonces no son murciélagos blancos de verdad, son muñecos hechos a mano?

Mina

@Wubira

¡Exacto!

¿Pero no son re lindos?

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@mina Sin duda, pero es que me extrañé tanto al verlos porque en un principio pensé que eran animales vivos reales. Y con ese color me parecía rarísimo.

si_irini

@mina
Hab ich schon mal von denen süßen Dingern gehört??

Erinnere mich nicht mehr

Die sind echt süß, besser wie die grauen.
Die sind mir mal im Sommer in Greece in einem Garten über den Kopf umhergeflogen...fand ich irgendwie komisch...

Mina

@si_irini

Auf dem Dorf sind die echten immer am frühen Abend durch den Garten gesaust. Die haben am Weiher gewohnt und sind dann Richtung Waldrand.

Ich fand die schon sehr cool, wie die so durch die Luft fliegen.

si_irini

@mina

Ja genau im Dorf und gesaust ist auch das richtige Wort.

Ich fand es cool mal so etwas erlebt zu haben, von DE kannte ich das nicht, aber ich war schon sehr überrascht wie schnell die sind die Skills die sie haben um nicht gegen irgendetwas zu fliegen, das mal live zu sehen ist schon cool.

Nomdeb

@mina This one is for you @dianemagras - I only learned about #needlefelting here on Mastodon. There is some awesome creativity and artistry to be found here.

Shawn King

@mina @lisamelton I’m glad I read the AltText before I asked the question I had… :)

Mina

@raucao

I haven't looked into her website for a long time.

The baby bat is absolutely adorable!

Gerhard Pamplemousse :toad:

@mina Not sure that's real, but Honduran White Bats are definitely a thing.

Mina

@globox

Those aren't. They are one of a kind hand-crafted.

Gerhard Pamplemousse :toad:

@mina yeah I need to find out how to display alt text on my web app! 🤣

Mina

@globox

Firefox settings: Show alt-text when hovering over an image. 😁

Mina

@donelias

Those are way too cute to be real! 😍

@globox

madmax

@mina hmm, we definitely need a version of snow batman. That would be cool 😉

cream queen
@mina not real look at their wings theyre felt
lagaya

@mina You should tell people that they're just toys or models. Some people will think that's real.

Mina

@carfreesince93

It's in the alt-text.

I had to look very closely, when I saw the Pic for the first time.

mike805

@mina Those are actually vampires in cute mode.

June

@mina Omg, how are they sooooo cute?! :suisei_yt_cute: :blobcatuwu:

Sarah W

@mina
They are great. Very well made, I can see why some might think it's AI

Mina

@Sarahw

This is true craft. Yana makes absolutely beautiful animals by hand.

If I were an artist or a craftsperson, I would consider "this looks like ai" an insult.

Mina

@wenslauw

And why do you consider it less fitting here?

I am seriously curious.

@VoordeMus

Mina

@wenslauw

But it's not fake news.

I never said, these were biological animals.

They are beautiful works of art and you can see it, if you look close enough.

Also: The artist is credited.

Mina

@wenslauw

Besides: If you look into the toot's answers, you see, I always responded truthfully, when asked.

Fake news (lies) are an entirely different story.

Wenslauw

@mina I responded that way because I have seen people promote so many fake animals.
My apologies.

Mina

@wenslauw

No need to apologise!

You're interested in promoting truth, and that is a noble endeavour.

Actually, when I was a kid and visited my grandparents in Bavaria, I saw "Wolpertingers" (photo) displayed in glass cabinets in local museums and I totally believed the local legends of their existence.

©Saalhauser Bote

Wenslauw

@mina I think I have seen a Wolpertinge before. When one sees these strange things, one almost wants to believe :)

Mina

@wenslauw

As I said: I totally bought it, because they look so real.

Faye

@mina Yana makes lovely ‘animals’…

Mina

@junior42

You didn't read the alt-text, did you?

Brain Bug

@mina Actually not, right. I don't expect Alt texts to contain information that I need when I can see the image, because this is not the purpose that I understood Alt texts to be meant for...

Mina

@junior42

Actually not. The Alt-text is for people, who can't see, but how would they be able to watch closely and see, they are made from felt, as you and I can?

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