๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐จ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ.
๐ท Theresa Laverty
This is ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐บ๐ข๐ช, more commonly known as Kitti's hog-nosed bat.
If you're wondering where that name came from, we suggest you zoom in.
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๐ธ Muangpaisuetrong/ iNaturalist
Greater bulldog bats (๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด) are one of just two bat species that subsist almost entirely on fish ๐ฎ๐
They use their disproportionately large feet to catch fish mid-flight. However, their diet varies seasonally, so they may also eat insects, shrimp, crabs, and scorpions.
ib: pawstells
The Batty Bunch ๐ฆ
pc: Jennifer Barros
Ever heard of Pura Goa Lawah, the Bat Cave Temple? Discover these and more sacred bats in our latest blog. https://www.batcon.org/sacred-bats/
๐ท Chโien Lee/ Minden Pictures
Try out the hottest styles of the season... if you dare ๐
๐ณ Your bookshelf is calling and it needs this book! Preorder ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ: ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ by BCI's own Chief Scientist Dr. Winifred F. Frick and Director of Conservation Evidence Dr. Teague O'Mara.
Preorder now from Princeton Press or Amazon. Out March 3 (World Wildlife Day!!)
Populations from six bat species, the surrounding habitat, and endemic wildlife have been preserved. Whether you gave $5 or $200, you made this possible! Thank you and stay tuned for more updates on this project! โค๏ธ
We needed to raise $200,000 and thanks to your support and a match from our partners @RainforestTrust, we succeeded!
๐จGREAT BAT NEWS๐จ In December, we asked you to pitch in so BCI could acquire and preserve Brandon Hill Cave, the only known maternity roost for Endangered bats on Utila island, Honduras, before luxury developers swooped in.
๐ www.batcon.org/five-reasons...
Some good bat news worth celebrating ๐
From cave conservation, to breakthroughs in research, and "Nectar Corridors", all these accomplishments add up to one big win for bats!
But these are just the headlines. Head to our latest blog post to read the full story and learn more about these initiatives.
Me & my besties if we were straw-colored fruit bats. ๐คช
๐ฆ Straw-colored fruit bat (๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ถ๐ฎ)
๐ธ Scott Bowers/ iNaturalist
Spectral bats (๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ) are carnivorous and even eat other bats!
Despite their paradoxical existence, we still โค spectral bats.
Happy Valentine's Day from BCI ๐
With so many eligible BATchelors to choose from... who are you swiping right on? ๐๐ฆ
Love (and bats!) is in the air ๐๐ฆ
Did you know that approximatively 70% of bats are insectivorous? ๐ชฒ๐ชณ๐ฆ
Scientists estimate that insect-eating bats save U.S. farmers roughly $23 billion each year by reducing crop damage and limiting the need for pesticides. On average, bats can eat up to half their body weight in insects EACH NIGHT.
Give your partner what they really want this Valentine's Day ๐ค๐ฆ
ib: @wildgreenmemes
We heard they're playing football in the middle of a Bad Bunny (Grammy winner) concert this weekend. As such, here's some pictures of the 2 bats endemic to Puerto Rico:
๐ฆ Red fig-eating bat (pc: Jose Sepulveda/ iNaturalist)
๐ฆ Puerto Rican mustached bat (pc: dalizcasablanca/ iNaturalist)
Last year, BCI and partners launched a new wildlife refuge named Ika (โbatโ in the local Emberรก language) in Bogotรก, Colombia to protect the Endangered Antioquian sac-winged bat (๐๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐น ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด).
What's that bat?!๐ฆ
Seen only as silhouettes in darkening skies, bats are just about impossible to identify. Based on numbers and geography, however, we can make some pretty good guesses. Learn more: https://www.batcon.org/the-ten-most-common-bats-in-the-u-s/
Good bat news to start your week! ๐ฆ
Recent analysis of environmental DNA has detected Endangered Mexican long-nosed bats (๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด) 100 miles north of the speciesโ only known roosts in New Mexico, making this the northernmost record of the species
Read the full report: batcon.org/news
Wroughtonโs free-tailed bat is enigmatic, to say the least. Over a century after their discovery, remarkably little is known about their population size, movement patterns and breeding behavior.
Learn more about this mysterious species: https://news.batcon.org/4qVzTdS
๐ธ Rohit Chakravarty
This is ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ข. They're feeling a lot of emotions right now. Hope you don't mind if they just - AAAAAHHHHH.
๐ฆ Damara woolly bat
๐ธ Winifred Frick
We've shared a lot of Hoary content lately. Maybe it's because they look like angry little powdered donuts. Or perhaps, because their social calls are audible to humans
Check out our latest blog post for more adHOARable content: https://news.batcon.org/4rglKb7
๐ธ 1. Winnifred Frick, 2. Christen Long
This is ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข. He is going to be convicted of being a vital pollinator, after being caught yellow-headed at the scene of the crime ๐ผ
๐ฆ Peruvian tailless bat
๐ธ Antony Rivera
If it's not broken don't fix it ๐ฆ
