![]() Ghost Bat: Australia’s False Vampire A ghost bat at Sydney’s Featherdale Wildlife Park.When light shines through the leaf tent, the white bats appear green – offering them a bit of additional camouflage.ĭue to Costa Rica’s well-developed wildlife viewing programs, you can observe wild white bats up close at places like Tirimbina Reserve and Pierella Ecological Garden. The bats cluster in these tents, which provide protection from weather and predators. ![]() They use their teeth to cut neat lines along large leaf veins, which folds the leaf down into little tents. Honduran white bats are one of 22 species of tent-making bats that live in the Central American forest. But the striking white coloration actually serves an evolutionary purpose. Photo © Jeffrey Munoz/TNC Photo Contest 2019Ĭlustered together on a leaf, Honduran white bats look like little cotton balls.
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