r/BatFacts • u/CANT_TRUST_HILLARY • Oct 30 '15
Vampire Facts! Out of 1,300 known bat species, only one is able to run. The Vampire Bat. Here's one running on a treadmill at about 4.5mph
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r/BatFacts • u/remotectrl • Sep 19 '19
Cats are highly effective predators. If you live in an area with bats, consider keeping them inside. NSFW
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r/BatFacts • u/remotectrl • Aug 18 '15
Some bats eat spiders. Some spiders eat bats. NSFW
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r/BatFacts • u/mnwinterite • Oct 26 '15
Article Bats are more closely related to horses than cows.
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r/BatFacts • u/tuttledvd • Sep 09 '19
Green Energy Policies That Kill Bats - Merlin Tuttle's
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r/BatFacts • u/jlw3 • Oct 26 '15
Bats are really loud but appear quiet to humans because their echolocation sounds are at octaves we can’t hear.
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r/BatFacts • u/OceanHeart • Oct 27 '15
When Eastern Red Bats (Lasiurus Borealis) hibernate, they stay in hollow trees, and maintain a body temperature just above freezing
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r/BatFacts • u/colla89 • Oct 26 '15
Humans hunt and consume the Little Collared Fruit Bat (Myonycteris torquata), providing a source of food and income; however, these bats may be a natural reservoir of the Ebola virus.
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r/BatFacts • u/remotectrl • Apr 01 '16
Humans and bats share a common ancestor. In 1992, a boy was documented displaying several atavistic traits similar to bats such as webbed fingers and elongated, flexible ears.
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r/BatFacts • u/alllie • Jul 24 '18
Bats harbor a gene swiped from an ancient Ebola-like virus. Here’s how they may be using it
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r/BatFacts • u/remotectrl • May 10 '17
The amazing diversity of bats is matched by the amazing diversity of bat parasites. Many are extremely host specific with adaptations for finding and clinging to bats that make other mammals species unsuitable hosts. Spoiler
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r/BatFacts • u/patronsaintofweed • Feb 28 '23
36 bat species are used as food or for traditional medicine, a practice that spans over 70 countries and hinders conservation.
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r/BatFacts • u/tuttledvd • Jul 26 '19
Article White Nose Syndrome: Can a Cure Be Effective?
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r/BatFacts • u/remotectrl • Oct 09 '15
Flying foxes, being unable to echolocate, rely on keen night vision to navigate. They have a reflective tapetum lucidum located in their retina to enhance their vision.
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r/BatFacts • u/remotectrl • Aug 28 '21
International Bat Night now streaming on facebook
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r/BatFacts • u/Yaniprov • Jul 21 '20
Video In March, 2009 a tailbat landed on the outside of the Space Shuttle Discovery and would soon launch with it. This is a video about it.
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r/BatFacts • u/[deleted] • Oct 27 '15
The Australian Ghost Bat has a startling grey-white skin and fur tone, lending to its name. It is Australia's only carnivorous bat species. It is also known as the false vampire bat.
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r/BatFacts • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '15
Bats seem to take off into the air by stretching out the tendons that anchor their bicep and tricep muscles to their bones. They then compress the tendons to release energy and power their flight upward.
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r/BatFacts • u/remotectrl • Jun 01 '16
Similar to Monarch Butterflies bright red colors warning predators that they are unpalatable or even toxic, some moths have developed their own acoustic warning signals to tell bats not to eat them.
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r/BatFacts • u/remotectrl • Oct 31 '23
Happy Halloween. Here's a podcast episode about bats!
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r/BatFacts • u/alllie • Oct 31 '15
These Bats Look Exactly Like Teddy Bears and Cute Little Piggies
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r/BatFacts • u/d_tinker • Oct 27 '15
While resting, spotted bats curl their ears (the largest of any bat species in N. America) up around their heads!
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r/BatFacts • u/tuttledvd • Nov 08 '19
Article Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation - 49th NASBR in Kalamazoo, Michigan
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