All about bats

By SJ Puechmaille (Researcher). 'All' about #Bats, incl. #ecology, #phylogeny, #echolocation, #diseases, #morphology, #monitoring, #conservation, #research, etc

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

For 250 million years, pollinators have been the planet’s secret agents for sustaining terrestrial life on Earth and many people ignore that over 500 plant species rely on bats to pollinate their flowers. This is a lesser long-nosed bat after a busy night https://t.co/HxzqcVs7St

[Bat Conservation International @BatConIntl]

While the Seychelles flying fox does have blonde fur, this little fella is covered in pollen, an all-natural seasonal touch that will benefit the flora it visits. This fruit-moncher will also sow seeds on the forest floor by pooping them out as it flies.

📷Dr. Isabella Mandl

[TheBatBotLab🇺🇸 @TheBatBotLab]

Dayak roundleaf bats (Hipposideros dyacorum) in Tutong District, #Brunei. Video: Cara Webster. #Borneo #wildlife #bats

[TheBatBotLab🇺🇸 @TheBatBotLab]

Check out these cute paper bats! Lots of detail!

[weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval]

possibly the cutest ever rendition of a bat, england, 13th century

[Laura Torrent 🦇 @arualentina]

While #bats still hibernate inside Nietoperek underground system, let's see if you are able to identify how many species are in this cluster
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#BatConservation #BatMonitoring #CitizenScience

[Bat Conservation Trust @_BCT_]

Our thoughts are with our bat conservation friends at the Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Centre during this incredibly dangerous and difficult time. Find out about their work here https://t.co/9rGuUBtchW

[All about bats @Bats_Chiroptera]

@ninivechen @MPIforBI @greif_stefan @SJPuechmaille @AHubancheva I think it was the winter 10/11 (or the following?) as I only obtained the Marie Curie Fellowship to work with Björn in March 2010 (and started later in the year). Can't believe it's pretty much 10 years since Björn passed away. He was such a brilliant scientist and great person!

[Fabrizio Gili @FabrizioGili]

It's always satisfying to find one of these beauties. We have two species in Piedmont, very similar to each other and usually forming mixed colonies.

🦇 Large Myotis (Myotis myotis / Myotis blythii)

#bats #hibernation #winter #cave #monitoring #wildlife #conservation

[Cecilia Montauban 🦇🐾 @CmMontauban]

Recharging energy with an amazing weekend of bat hibernation monitoring in Eastern Serbia caves 🤩

[Bat1k Genome Project @bat1kgenomes]

Recently sequenced!
The Saccopteryx Bilineata is a remarkable vocal learner. Their vocal repertoire has many vocalisation types that are produced in different behavioural contexts. Did you know that pups even go through a babbling phase during song acquisition? 🦇🧬

[All about bats @Bats_Chiroptera]

@BatTed_1000 Good question. I would argue not. Pathogens spread more in summer (vs winter) colonies when indivs are active; yet in the summer, they form tight clusters (well, not always!). It might be to avoid disturbance (being kicked) by neighboors while hibernating. But who knows!

[All about bats @Bats_Chiroptera]

@adria_baucells @GiveBatsABreak @_BCT_ @bat1kgenomes @albertabats @MathewsFiona hard to tell but only speleo people would go there. And there are actually two parallel vertical shafts going down, and bats are in the smallest one, not very much visited.

[All about bats @Bats_Chiroptera]

Going down 90 meters below ground level in a vertical cave to count an amazing cluster of Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale, France, Occitanie). That is sometimes what it take to do hibernacula counts!
#bats #Chiroptera

[All about bats @Bats_Chiroptera]

The full story and etimologic origin. The literal translation of "chauve-souris" is 'bald' 'mouse'. Why bald? It comes from the Gaulish 'kawa sorix' meaning 'mouse owl' but the word 'kawa' has been misunderstood and changed over time to 'calva' meaning bald!

[Alberta Bats @albertabats]

English: "Bat"
French: "Chauve-souris" (translation: 'shaved' 'mouse')

[All about bats @Bats_Chiroptera]

@Bat_Watch and another example (greater mouse-eared bat, Myotis myotis in Europe): https://t.co/SIsdjxgsyk
Bats can pretty much do anything :-)

[All about bats @Bats_Chiroptera]

@Bat_Watch Some bats species are indeed not able to take off from the ground, but some are specialised in hunting on the ground (e.g. the lesser short-tailed bat [Mystacina tuberculata] in New Zealand) and can easily take off from the ground. Check this video https://t.co/Tg5Or8xrKM

[Alberta Bats @albertabats]

Mutual Attraction: W. A. Ranches Investigates How Bats and Cattle Can Help Each Other https://t.co/LH5E7ujKSa #BatsAndCows #AlbertaBats #Bats

[All about bats @Bats_Chiroptera]

It can be very challenging to visually estimate numbers. The average of the 7 estimates is 206 while counting on the picture gives 158 individuals (maybe 159; green dot). That being said, counting on pictures is not always super easy either as some individuals can be hidden under

[All about bats @Bats_Chiroptera]

Hibernation count! Great to see #bats again. Miniopterus schreibersii can form quite tight clusters that are classically counted on photos (more reliable). If you estimate without counting (i.e. first impression), how many bats do you think there are here?
#Chiroptera #Monitoring