mcpc_tulpehaking on
October 29, 2024
Hey friends! Tully here to wish you all a Happy Bat Week 🦇🤎
October 24-31 is an international celebration to bring awareness to these incredible creatures that play vital roles in our ecosystems. Fro...
ferristhegrey on
October 29, 2024
Ferris heard it's #batweek and wanted to show off his best bat pose, aka the ears that can't hear any instructions ever but can hear a packet of any food opening five miles away 🦇
trec.pei on
October 29, 2024
🦇 Happy Bat Week! October 24th-31st 🦇
TREC works to conserve bat populations on PEI! We track bat presence, install bat roosting boxes, and protect old sandstone wells that bats use for hibernation. ...
lincolncaverns on
October 29, 2024
Here we have the Eastern Small-Footed Bat!
**Just as a disclaimer, NEVER pick up a bat without gloves and proper training!!!
In Pennsylvania, the eastern small-footed bat, also commonly referred to ...
wildlife.florida on
October 29, 2024
Say hello to the Brazilian free-tailed bat! 🦇 Also known as the Mexican free-tailed bat, these aerial acrobats are famous for their speed and agility, reaching speeds up to 100 MPH! We would not want ...
sfwmd_gov on
October 29, 2024
🦇 Did you know bats are often misunderstood mammals?
👀 It is a common myth that bats are blind, but they are not blind. Bats use echolocation, the location of objects by reflected sound, to spot thei...
texasmasternaturalist on
October 29, 2024
Happy #BatWeek! Everything is bigger in Texas, including the benefits bats bring to our ecosystems! The Mexican Free-tailed Bat, our state's official flying mammal, helps maintain pest populations, pl...
myfwc on
October 29, 2024
Buckle up, it’s Bat Week!
Time to demystify these marvelous mammals & debunk a few myths:
🦇 MYTH: Bats are blind – false! FACT: Bats are adapted to see in dim light. They also use sound waves (echol...
ms_bat_working_group on
October 29, 2024
As we are celebrating #BatWeek, I want to highlight some of the conservation efforts going on in the state. One of the biggest threats to our bats is white-nose syndrome. White-nose syndrome is a leth...