Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Vampire Bat

Common Vampire Bat

Original - Vampire bats are bats that feed on blood (hematophagy). There are only three bat species that feed on blood: The Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), the Hairy-legged Vampire Bat (Diphylla ecaudata), and the White-winged Vampire Bat (Diaemus youngi). All three species are native to the Americas, ranging from Mexico to Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. The Vampire Bat is known to feed on horses, burros, etc.

Reason

Very high quality and detailed image of vampire bat that meets the featured picture criteria. This image is used throughout many articles on wikipedia, and greatly depicts this famous creature.

Articles this image appears in

Vampire, Vampire Bat, Leaf-nosed bat, Common Vampire Bat, List of mammals in Brazil, List of mammals in Paraguay, List of mammals in Panama, List of mammals in Guatemala, List of mammals in Costa Rica, Theoretical origins of vampires

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• Support as nominator ZeWrestler ^Talk 01:01, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support for a bloodsucking little monster it sure is cute. Durova^Charge! 02:04, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose Not very sharp, cut off at the top, and I can't really see much (do these things have wings?)--HereToHelp 02:39, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Is that really a question, or are you just suggesting that you can't clearly see the wings? (If it's really a question you could look at the articles). --jjron (talk) 07:08, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose Seems to me to be slightly artifacted, plus it's not composed very well. Clegs (talk) 03:31, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• Suport per nom Mario1987 (talk) 10:21, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose - bad composition (feet cut off, I'd like to see how it's hanging), noisy, not sharp, harsh shadow. There could be much better photographs taken. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 11:55, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose It lacks the quality of something truly stunning and I don't like the composition and the lighting. Chris.B 14:52, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose Feet are a must. --Sharkface217 01:58, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
• Weak oppose. If WP had "quality" or "good" images, this would be one of them. Samsara (talk • contribs) 20:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
  • I agree, though I don't see much support for the idea. --mikaul^talk 17:01, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 05:13, 26 January 2008 (UTC)