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UPDATE: April 14th, 2024, 1:50 PM MST...

Love songs aren’t only for soft rock FM stations – they’re also used by romantic bats, and researchers at Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin are believed to be the first to decode the mysterious love sounds made by the winged creatures. Their work is published in the current issue of PloS One...

To learn more about the Tolga Bat Hospital, check out their site.

Try to imagine what this feels like… someone takes you captive, you don’t know why. You don’t speak their language and you are powerless to escape. You have no idea what they want of you, and you are terrified....

I was reminded of this oldie but goodie by a post my mastodon feed

I believe this is a Honduran white bat.

At @TolgaBatHospital, #SpectacledFlyingFox patients need sun, protection from extreme heat (and cold) and a feeling of safety. They also need other Flying Foxes to socialise with while in captive care....

Leucism is the partial loss of pigmentation (unlike albinism where all pigmentation is gone, resulting in red or pink eyes). Source...

When the weather gets warmer, usually in early summer, pregnant female bats gather together in warm, safe places to have their babies. These roosts are called maternity roosts. Some groups of bats return to the same site every year....

Since this is a total shitpost, here is an actual bat fact: some Batthews can reach speeds over 100 mph (160 kph) when flying.