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Andrew just sent me some footage he shot of Benny this past weekend:...
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In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.

Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
Category: bat
Andrew just sent me some footage he shot of Benny this past weekend:...
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Category: bat
Just to recap the findings: All females, of any species, who engage in fellatio increase their genetic fitness.
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Category: bat
They're nocturnal. They live in caves. They use ecolocution. BREAKING NEWS: BAT LOOSE IN CONGRESS...
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Category: bat
My favorite is the black myotis bat and if you help me make that my ring tone, I will write a blog entry praising you for your nerdy prowess!
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Ok, so there isn't much scientific merit to this, but who cares? Bats are my (Benny's) favorite animals! This shot of an insectivorous bat won the prestigious British Visions of Science and Technology award. Keep reading for some more sweet...
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Category: africa
A Maclaud's horseshoe bat (being held in a glove) poses for the ladies...For the first time, scientists photographed a Maclaud's horseshoe bat in the forests of Guinea in West Africa. These bats had not been seen in the wild in...
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Category: bat
Good God Almighty....(From Sir David Attenborough's "Life in the Undergrowth")[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgLmUb5P_Ws]Add to: Slashdot del.icio.usredditnewsvineY! MyWeb...
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Category: bat
Late last year, scientists discovered a new species of bat that has large flat adhesive suckers attached to its thumbs and hind feet. These suckers allow the bat to climb and adhere to large broad-leaf plants in the jungles of...
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Category: south america
We had a bat house hanging from the second story of my home growing up. My brother loved bats and I fully endorsed sharing our home with them. These critters might be a different story.Bat species, like many creatures, can...
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