~ a new creature

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[sprinklespowerpuff]

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?

[Anonymous]

its legit.

read about it here:

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

[lakeland27]

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.

[crystal-gems]

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.

[lakeland27]

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.

[azureline**]

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

[patchoo78]

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

[azureline**]

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