As #batweek comes to a close, I thought I'd highlight a few of the coolest species of the over 1,300 we know of.
1. Hammerhead bat: Male vocal cords are about 3x larger than female, and they have large resonating chambers on their faces. Females appear more like a typical megabat.
2. Honduran White Bat constructs “tents“ out of understory plant leaves by strategically cutting the leaf ribs with its teeth; it roosts in these tents during the day ↩
A bat basically screams its head off all night to find its food via echolocation. Luckily, most of it is too high pitched for humans to hear 😉
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#wickedwhispers My newest bat plush, and one of my favorite batty books
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This is my daughter as a bat for Halloween back in 2005.
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pickDepressing and informative. And grizzly bears are scary AF!
pickI recommend this for animal lovers and anyone who enjoys learning more about creatures we share a planet with. There are 8 bears left on planet earth. Can we do enough to ensure they survive alongside us? As it stands now pandas are pretty safe since humans think they‘re adorable. But humans exploit the sun bear for their bile, and cause habitat destruction for all 8, mainly the polar bear who may become extinct within my lifetime. A great listen!
pickQuite a good book that would be great for young confident readers!
4. Bulldog bats have cheek pouches for storing food that look like bulldog jowls when empty. Their primary food is fish, and they use echolocation to “look“ for ripples in the water. 2w