Denmark is turning off the white light from its streetlamps and painting a road red to solve a nighttime crisis that almost no one sees: urban light was blocking the path of bats
ecoticias.comu/bobmac102 — 14 hours ago
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Can bats yank hair?
I was running this evening on a trail outside of town around 6:30 PM (2 hours before sunset) surrounded by fields and trees in the countryside. All of the sudden I felt a grasp and a strong yank to the hair on my head. It hurt pretty badly in the moment for about 4-5 minutes after. I turned around and saw (what I’m 99% sure was) a bird flying away. Being the hypochondriac I am has caused me to wonder: “did I see a bird or was it actually a bat??” After showering a couple hours later, I had my wife look at my head, and she did notice 3-4 marks where I had been (grabbed? Clawed?) Can someone please talk me off the ledge and give me peace of mind that this was almost certainty a bird and not a bat? Do bats have the capabilities to pull that hard on something? I did also notice other birds swooping around on my run for context too. Anyway, I hope this is the right place to ask and thanks for your time!
u/Crafty-Tomatillo3956 — 2 days ago
Happy Monday! Here's some wonderful hoary bat motivation to get us all through the week!
Credit to the Tyler Arboretum.
u/spherocytes — 3 days ago
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Mom saved Eastern Red Bat
Mom lives in Florida and a little bat was bullied out of a tree by a mockingbird - and fell into their lake. My mom pulled (her?) out thinking she was a baby bird. She's been sitting outside with her for about 8 hours until she flies off safely. She's been napping, grooming herself, and stretching. It's been really interesting hearing her experience just observing the little one.
Enjoy the pics! Some are blurry.
u/Masterofnone2727 — 3 days ago
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Pulled a bat out of the wall today
He is off to a rescue now
u/abstract_shapes — 3 days ago
Bats in roofline
I have a 1986 cedar sided house that bats have roosted in the past couple summers (roofline). We need a ton of work done on the roofline due to water and woodpecker damage. The bats have come back each year and so far we have been lucky in that they seem to be sticking to the roofline and have not traveled inside that I know of. I can hear them chirping sometimes when I’m in the garden so I know they’re hanging out right there (south side of my house, where the trim meets the roofline). Problem is, we need to get work done on the trim/gutters/soffits soon. Do I wait until September? I definitely do not don’t want to trap them inside. We have a ton of little crevices and I’m sure they’d just find another way as they seem to like it here. Not sure what to do.
u/No-Design2125 — 3 days ago
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I bought a taxidermy bat online before I understood the unethical reality.
I thought I was buying an educational display piece. I often buy from school surplus stores because I like to collect educational specimens and displays. I bought a bat encased in resin, and I’m now pretty certain it is NOT an educational product. I really regret buying it and get sad when I see it and think about it, but at the same time, I know the damage is done. I would love help identifying what kind of bat it is, so I can put a caption with it and maybe create an educational display about how bat taxidermy products like these are unethical. I would like to have it serve a better purpose than to have no identity and have been killed merely for decoration. It seems like the common bat to preserve this way is Pipistrelle, but I’m not certain where this one actually came from or specifically what it is. Can anyone help me give this bat an identity?
Edit: It’s difficult to get good pictures due to how reflective the resin is, but I have posted some in comments below.
u/Avendelore — 4 days ago
Happy Friday, all! Another week come and gone. Here's an hoary bat to cheer you on!
Credit to the PA Bat Rehab
u/spherocytes — 6 days ago
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Bat deaths over the last two decades have cost American taxpayers in lost crops, higher taxes, and pricier bonds
fortune.comu/swe129 — 7 days ago
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Bats come to feed on my hummingbird feeder during the night. Should I be concerned?
Looking from the outside my house looks like the Adam's Family home, because of the bats flying around having their bat dinner on the feeders.
I'm in Brazil btw.
Should I be concerned, or can I continue to be a bat friend and leave the feeders overnight for them to feast?
They have never shown any weird behavior, and I have no idea where they go to during the day (probably to the trees on the parks near here idk)
u/napoleonsmom — 8 days ago
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Help with bat ID in Northern Arizona
These bats start coming to our porch this time of year and stay through the summer/early fall. In the past, we have only ever seen one roosting, but this year two have been showing up. We are in Northern Arizona. The pics are from two separate nights. Thank you for your help in identifying them.
u/DDJAngels — 6 days ago
How much is a bat worth? Protecting these tiny insect-eaters isn’t just good for farms
theconversation.comu/ElvisIsNotDjed — 7 days ago
Was doing my dishes when I found a bat in my sink
IT’S ALIVE IN THE PHOTO the animal control guy said they’re probably in the vents.
Was doing my dishes, saw some movement and saw it. My first reaction was “that’s the ugliest toad I’ve ever seen” before noticing the ears and tail.
u/OrangeRadiohead — 10 days ago
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bat ID in northeastern pennsylvania please :)
this little guy was on our back porch steps, anybody able to ID him?
u/pastasaladwhisperer — 6 days ago
Siberian Whiskered Bats: these bats can live to be more than 40 years old, which makes this the longest-living bat species in the world
u/Corvidae5Creation5 — 11 days ago
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lil cutie
I found this lil cutie in a plant I water for work. Apparently they've lived in the building for a while; now I'm keeping an eye on the rafters to see more.
u/peters_peach — 8 days ago