Recently, Twitter was shocked when to find out that there is yet another species of animal it was not aware of - the giant golden crowned flying fox.

The bat, which is native to the Philippines, has a wingspan of up to six feet (or two metres), so we understand the surprise.

The realisation of the ignorance came after Twitter user @AlexJoestar662 posted a picture of the bat that looked to be the size of a human.

Remember when I told y'all about the Philippines having human-sized bats? Yeah, this was what I was talking about pic.twitter.com/nTVIMzidbC

— Alex is v sad and emo but will be okay (@AlexJoestar622) June 24, 2020

The tweet instantly went viral, as the post has been retweeted more than 110,000 times on the social media site.

Other Twitter users also joined in the conversation by posting more photos of the bat that, to be honest, can fly away with one of our Rojak Daily writers.

HELL NO pic.twitter.com/bsoIytBYGR

— souli ও (@cherkillia) June 25, 2020

To be fair, the animal does look terrifying in the picture, and netizens were quick to comment on the fact.

2020 thus far...1. Pandemic2. Riots/Protests3. Murder Hornets4. Alcoholic Killer Monkeys5. Brain-eating ameobas6. Human-sized batshttps://t.co/pxJqB9DtVK

— Shane Vander Hart (@shanevanderhart) July 7, 2020

Another sign that the apocalypse is upon us! https://t.co/17gdoBDT9G

— John Pressey BSLA, MPA (@mpa_john) July 7, 2020

this bat is taller than me and im both horrified and impressed in equal measure

— CaptainTypho (@CaptainTypho13) June 25, 2020

ur telling me this bat is taller than me

— sarah (@heavenbrat) June 25, 2020

He better be paying rent tf he doing sleeping

— mellowerix (@mellowerixi) June 25, 2020

TECHNICALLY IM SHORTER THAN A MF BAT??

— darija ? (@KlLLUAHZ) June 25, 2020

The largest bat species in the world

Despite the bat looking like the size of your little baby sister, it is actually not that big.

A report by Daily Mail suggests that the angle of which the picture was taken makes the flying fox look bigger than it actually is, with another Twitter user from the Philippines confirming that they have a huge wing span, but the body is not that big.

According to Science Alert, the body of the golden crowned flying fox barely extends 30 centimetres in length.

They are roughly the size of a small dog, but then again, a small dog-sized bat is still pretty scary, nonetheless.

The only reason this type of animal is not well-known amongst the general public is probably because they are only found in the Philippines, and they live either in caves or jungles.

And also because human beings keep destroying their habitats, they're going extinct, according to Batworlds.