Nineteen-Day Fast to be the one foretold by the Báb, accepted the fast, but altered many of its details and regulations. The Bahá'í fast resembles fasting practices of several other religions. Lent is a period of fasting for Christians, Yom Kippur and many other holidays for Jews, and the fast of Ramadan is practiced by Muslims. The Bahá'í fasting most resembles the fast of Ramadan, except that the period of fasting is defined as a fixed Bahá'í month, whereas Muslims fast during a lunar month, whose specific Gregorian dates vary from year to year. Bahá'u'lláh established the guidelines of the fast in
Honduran fruit-eating bat Honduran fruit-eating bat The Honduran fruit-eating bat ("Artibeus inopinatus") is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Artibeus inopinatus is a fruit eating bat native to Central America, of the order Chiroptera, family Phyllostomidae. Although the Honduran fruit-eating bat is considered data deficient by the IUCN, accounts suggest that they display many of the characteristic features of the Neotropical fruit bats (Arbiteus), and are morphologically very similar to the close relative A. hirsutus. With an average weight of 36 g. the Honduran fruit eating bat is one of the smaller