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🦇 Proboscis bat
📷 Dbmarron/ iNaturalist

Having roost-mates isn't without challenges... 😶

🦇 Straw-colored fruit bat
📷 Standa Pavouk/ iNaturalist

Swipe to find out. ⏩👄

The spotted bat, named after it's distinctive white markings, is ironically rarely 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 by humans. Given its preference for roosting sites high in cliff crevices, and a diet comprised almost exclusively of moths, the frequency that spotted bats are observed does not reflect their status in nature. The spotted bat has a Global Conservation Status of Least Concern by the IUCN. ⚫ ⚪

Doesn't hanging upside down seem exhausting? 😴
If you've ever tried to hang from a pull-up bar, you know how quickly grip strength can fade. Luckily for bats, they have special sheathing over their flexor digitorum which act as a ratchet, essentially locking the tendon into place. This helps bats hang without expending energy, so they can rest, groom and converse... upside down! 🙃

🦇 Yellow-winged bat
📸 Abubakar S. Ringim/ iNaturalist

If 'I'm not mad I'm just disappointed' were a bat. 😳

🦇 Fringe-lipped bat
📸 Jennifer Barros

Is your partner secretly a bat? 🎱 Signs point to yes.

Pollination is better with friends. 👯

🦇 Curaçaoan long-nosed bat
📸 U.S. Fish and Wildlife