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~ a new creature

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:08:31 GMT

A new bat found in Sudan. I have nicknamed him Bee-Bat 😮

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Anonymous — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:09:56 GMT

wrong face. was meant to be that one. :^O

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sprinklespowerpuff — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:39:19 GMT

Some new mutation perhaps? But where would the white colouring come from? Only bats I know that are white or off-white are ghost bats or a rare albino. Albinos though don't last long in the wild as their own won't accept them and being white would stand out like a sore thumb to any predators. Are you sure its legit and not a hoax?

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Anonymous — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:53:43 GMT

its legit.

read about it here:

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2013/04/bat-genus.html

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lakeland27 — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:54:26 GMT

there are tiny bats living nearby in a huge disused chimney that was once the smokestack of a tile and brick factory. the sound they make at night is wonderful.

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crystal-gems — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:12:43 GMT

LL, they are probably tiny microbats. I have them at my home under the eaves and inside a market umbrella on the deck. Their main diet consists of mosquitoes. Although I am in the middle of a mini rainforest I have never had a mosquito. Evidently they eat around 500 mosquitoes each per night. And yes, their sound is so soft, lovely and musical. They are so fast and tiny that you only see a nanosecond flash if they fly past. And I have yet to find any poo around from them.

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lakeland27 — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:39:19 GMT

LL, they are probably tiny microbats. I have them at my home under the eaves and inside a market umbrella on the deck. Their main diet consists of mosquitoes. Although I am in the middle of a mini rainforest I have never had a mosquito. Evidently they eat around 500 mosquitoes each per night. And yes, their sound is so soft, lovely and musical. They are so fast and tiny that you only see a nanosecond flash if they fly past. And I have yet to find any poo around from them.

yes, microbats . and there is a largish body of water nearby to provide plenty of mosquito snscks for the little bats. i found a dead one a while ago , its body seemed undamaged on the outside so i have no idea what caused it to die. i sit out there quite often and just listen.

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azureline** — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:19:23 GMT

It is very cute! We have flying foxes in the palms.... they are not cute.....

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patchoo78 — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:54:51 GMT

It is very cute! We have flying foxes in the palms.... they are not cute.....

They are a bit... Kinda like foxes with wings... We get heaps of them here, you can see them just on dawn all flying out to have a feed

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azureline** — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:59:06 GMT

not cute when they make a racket... and poo on the colourbond... or the car.