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Upside-Down Rooster
Researchers have describe why a species of patsy - footed bat that subsist in Madagascar roosts headway - up . The bat uses crocked adhesion rather than suction to cleave to leafage airfoil . This clinging chemical mechanism will only keep the bat secure when head - up .
Hanging Out
Little brown cricket bat hang from a surface of a hibernation cave in New York . The chiropteran ' muzzles are covered with a white , powdery fungus .
Flower Sends Echo Signal to Bats
This photo collage shows the Cuban nectar alimentation squash racquet Monophyllus beside the vine that scientists discovers attracts bats by producing an " echo beacon " with a special leaf . That echo sounder - excogitate leaf stands upright above the ring of flowers . The cup - like structures that give the nectar hang below .
Kinky Female Bats
distaff slap-up horseshoe bat share their couple with their mother and daughters .
What a Crowd
African straw - color fruit bats .
Desmodus rotundus
The vampire cricket bat , Desmodus rotundus , must happen a blood meal every one to two solar day to pull through . Razor - sharp tooth and infrared - sensing ' pit organ ' fence in its nozzle help the bat attain this goal .
The vampire bat , Desmodus rotundus , also has special brain cell that are sensitive to the mysterious ventilation sounds of snoozing animals .
Thriving on Cattle Blood, Vampire Bats Proliferate
Vampire bats be in Central and South America weigh in at an ounce ( 30 to 40 grams ) .
My What Big Ears
Townsends big - dog-eared bat in cave .
Big eared townsend bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
The grownup eared Francis Everett Townsend squash racquet ( Corynorhinus townsendii ) swooping in for the killing . This cricket bat is a medium - sized bat with highly tenacious , whippy ears ( hence the name ) and minuscule yet noticeable oaf on each side of the honker . diet includes modest moth , fly , lacewings , droppings beetles , sawflies , and other small-scale dirt ball and is found throughout North America .
