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Sometimes it eats its prey immediately, but sometimes it carries it to a small cave to eat, separate from its roosting area, referred to as a midden since the floor is littered with the remains of past meals. It eats almost all of the body of its prey, including fur, bones, teeth, and even small feathers in the case of birds. It folds its wings around its prey and bites it in the neck to kill it, which makes it even better as a Halloween bat. It hunts by dropping down on its prey, most of which live on the ground.
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Most microbats eat insects, but the ghost bat prefers vertebrates like frogs, mice, snakes, lizards, birds, even other species of bat. While it doesn’t have a tail, it does have sharp teeth and a strong jaw to help it eat even the bones of small animals. It has large, long ears and a nose leaf that helps it echolocate, and it’s nocturnal like most microbats. Its color is pale gray, sometimes almost white, while babies are darker gray. Its wingspan is almost 20 inches wide, or 50 cm. The ghost bat lives in parts of northern Australia and is actually pretty big for a microbat. I am just, I can’t, this bat is too perfect and I have died. That’s, like, twice the Halloween fun in one animal! Not only that, it’s a member of a family of bats called false vampires, and is sometimes called the Australian false vampire bat. I don’t want to scare myself.)įirst up is my personal favorite, the ghost bat. It’s finally October, which means it’s monster month on the podcast! Let’s jump right in with an episode about three animals with the word ghost in their name, and some spooky ghost stories that feature animals. The ghost crab is hard to see against the sand but it can see you:
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This photo and the one above were both taken by Sara Ruane (find a link to the article and photos in the “further reading” section): Nom nom little ghost bat got some mealworms (also, clearly this rehabilitation worker has THE BEST JOB EVER): Let’s start off October with a spooky episode about some ghost animals–real ones, and some ghost stories featuring animals!ĭon’t forget to enter our book giveaway! Details here.
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