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Day 31: Australian Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas)⁠ 🦇⁠ Boo! Happy Halloween! This bat likes its scares. These bats hunt using an ambush or perch hunting strategy - they hang from a perch, listening and watching for their prey and then they swoop in to grab it. Prey items include vertebrates such as lizards, frogs, birds, rodents and even other bats! ⁠ 🦇⁠ Unfortunately, this bat seems to be in decline, with its geographic range severely reduced compared to historical measures. This bat's preference for large prey items such as amphibians suggest a role for the invasive cane toad in the bat's decline. Cane toads secrete toxins which probably negatively affect the bats, with even observations of a dead bat still with a cane toad in its mouth. ⁠ 🦇⁠ Photo by Ariana Ananda⁠ 🦇⁠ [Pale colored bat with large, rounded noseleaf, long ears joined just above the forehead and large, black colored eyes]⁠ 🦇⁠ ⁠#31BatsOfHalloween #ghostbat #cute #skypuppy #naturalhistory #bats #batsofinstagram #cutenotcreepy #batsarecool #savethebats #ecology #animals #wildlifebiology #wildlifeplanet #planetearth #wildlifephotography #batty #batlife #batsarentscary #conservation #research #batfacts #australia#batweek #batweek2019⁠ #halloween #happyhalloween #ghost⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠
Bat Smile!!!
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Happy Treaty Halloween!!! 🎃🍭🦇🎃🍭🦇🎃
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Perfect bat for Halloween!!!
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Oh my 😍😍
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