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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
Following up on the previous white-nose syndrome blog, WNS has now been confirmed in Missouri. The article is about their monitoring program and does not mention the find, but our sources tell us there was recent PCR-confirmation of Geomyces destructans...
Posted by Julia Chosy at 10:26 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: White-nose syndrome
I hate to get all serious, but this is a topic near-and-dear to me, and one that needs more publicity. And while Zooillogix readers are intelligent and well-informed (and smoking hot, I might add), I want to be sure everyone...
Posted by Julia Chosy at 1:59 PM • 34 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: bat
Fruit bats can hold their liquor!
Posted by Benny Bleiman at 6:08 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: bat
Andrew just sent me some footage he shot of Benny this past weekend:...
Posted by Katie Thompson at 11:45 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: bat
Just to recap the findings: All females, of any species, who engage in fellatio increase their genetic fitness.
Posted by Benny Bleiman at 6:08 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: bat
They're nocturnal. They live in caves. They use ecolocution. BREAKING NEWS: BAT LOOSE IN CONGRESS...
Posted by ableiman at 3:02 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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!
Posted by Benny Bleiman at 12:16 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: bat
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...
Posted by Benny Bleiman at 11:07 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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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