"JS" <bos### [at] yahoocouk> wrote:
> My virtual mannequins have now evolved so that other creatures are catered
> for such as bats, as shown in the picture below. I had originally steered
> away from other creatures because of the difficulty of creating wings from
> only basic objects, however, they came out quite well.
>
> I hope you like this moody scene; please remember there is a lot to improve.

Two questions:

1. What is the spotted red thing on the bat's back?

2. How much realism are you looking for?  Land vertebrates have at most 4
limbs to work with.  The wings of all flying vertebrates--pterodactyls,
birds, bats--are co-opted arms.  (Evolution does this kind of jury-rigging
a lot.)  A bat taxi would grab her passenger with her feet.

How far you want to take it is completely up to you, of course.  One major
motion picture (either _Antz_ or _A Bug's Life_) featured talking 4-legged
male worker ants.

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