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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Posted on September 25, 2007 11:07 AM • 0 Comments •
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...
Posted on June 25, 2007 2:33 PM • 0 Comments •
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...
Posted on May 15, 2007 2:22 PM • 0 Comments •
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...
Posted on April 9, 2007 3:56 PM • 0 Comments •
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...
Posted on March 8, 2007 9:33 PM • 0 Comments •