i recently mentioned that i had …microbats in da house.
well, they were released about a week ago…
i was asked to take care of two parti-coloured bats (vespertilio murinus, zweifarbfledermaus), two common pipistrelles (pipistrellus pipistrellus, zwergfledermaus), two nathusius’ pipistrelle bats (pipistrellus nathusii; rauhautfledermaus) and one kuhl’s pipistrelle (pipistrellus kuhlii, weissrandfledermaus).
one of them (i think it was a nathusius’ pipistrelle) was so clever, she landed either on my hand or on its terrarium cover when she was done flying around.
Monday, 10.04.2006 at 04:47
When you say the bats were “released” do you mean they are now flying around outside or have they taken over the house? :neutral:
Monday, 10.04.2006 at 08:48
I never thought I’d say this, but those bats are cute! (Or maybe I have said it before, somewhere else on your site.) How did you get them to pose for you on that log-looking thing? And to smile for you? :)
The mealworm dinner is groooosssssssssssss. Blecch! (Perhaps I am just a biased vegetarian …)
I like how you took pics of them on a thumb and in an egg carton to show their relative size.
Monday, 10.04.2006 at 13:36
larry: no, they were released into the wild. actually, we tried to make them settle in a bat-box (similar to a bird’s nest-box).
caroline: yes, they are the sweetest tiny little things :-)
the log-looking thing is actually a log, and they were just sitting there, annoyed by the giant lense.
the egg carton is actually a part of their “home” in the terrarium - it’s insulating, perforated (so they can hold on to it) and consists of multiple small structures… perfect!
speaking of mealworms: you probably had a look at the videos in here, right? :razz: