Ashley

Posted Thursday, February 29, 2024

2mo

ENFP

Libra

6

7

Weird animal of the day; hammer-headed bat!

The hammer-headed bat, also called the moosebat or big lipoed bat. This crazy looking bat hails from mainland africa and is one of the biggest bats in the world at a weight of 15oz and a wingspan of up to 2.96ft in males, these bats have major sexual dimorphism meaning the males are almost twice as big as the females. Another cool this about these bats or theyre feeding! Female bats are onown to find the most consistant route for the fruit they eat, where as the males travel farther for higher quality fruit. In africa this bat can be considered a pest due to its loud “honking” sounds and its frugerious diet of fruit, but make no mistake these bats are CRUTICAL as they drop seeds left right and centre as the fly for miles! (edited)