America's Neighborhood Bats: Understanding and Learning to Live in Harmony with Them | 
Don't you just want to pinch those cheeks?! ? While mega bats like the flying fox are the most "sky puppy"-ish, there are over 1,400 species of bats, which accounts for 20% of all mammal species! They can be found nearly everywhere on earth, aside from the harshest desert or artic. And they are the only mammals capable of true flight (nice try, "gliding" squirrels). #batweek
CBee I love bats! We get them here at dusk and I love watching them swoop around 🦇 13mo
Amiable “CBS Sunday Morning” had a segment about bats on yesterday‘s show! 13mo
TheLudicReader Your bat posts crack me up and by that I mean 😬. My son loves bats and always wants me to admit that they are cute...which they decidedly are not. 13mo
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Clare-Dragonfly Wow, 20%! I wonder why there are so many? Benefits of flight, perhaps? 13mo
bthegood love these posts (and love the “nice try -gliding squirrels“) - 🦇 13mo
TieDyeDude @Cbee We need to set up some yard furniture. I'm not sure how many are around here in AK. 13mo
TieDyeDude @amiable Thanks, I'll look for it on YouTube. I love CBS Sunday Morning! 13mo
TieDyeDude @thelucidreader At least your son has good taste! 😅 J/K. Thanks for reading anyway! 13mo
TieDyeDude @clare-dragonfly I think a lot of it is just the evolutionary adaptations for all the different environments and diets. Some species are wide ranging (little brown bats can be found throughout North America), but many are specific to fairly small regions (Bumblebee bats are found only among limestone caves along the Thailand-Myanmar border). That's why habitat destruction of even a small area could put a whole species in danger of extinction. 13mo
TieDyeDude @bthegood Thanks 😅 13mo
CBee @TieDyeDude I think they‘re out more in warmer weather as I haven‘t seen them recently. They‘re super fun to watch when I can! 13mo
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