Bats are often introduced to us as blood-sucking and fearsome animals, but usually these little nocturnal animals are not dangerous at all and are instead feeding on insects or fruit. The problem may be that you usually don’t see the nocturnal animals. At most, a bat flies drunkenly around a light source that you walk past and scares you. They seem to be flapping around very awkwardly, however, the bat is the only mammal species that can produce active flight. They emit a so-called sound through their mouth or nose.
Bats belong to the group of mammals. Together with the flying foxes they form the order of bats. Around 110 different species of bats live in Costa Rica and Panama. A variety of bat species can be observed particularly on the Osa Peninsula on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Around 55 different species of bats live here in a very small space. In comparison, only about 30 different species of bats live in Europe, and about 800 different species of bats are known worldwide.
The little flying artists eat very diverse food. Their prey includes vertebrates such as frogs and beetles, but also fruit, nectar and blood. Bats hunt quite differently, both in the open air and at the edge of the vegetation or in the vegetation itself. Bats coordinate together in their hunting strategy, call behavior and physique. Most bats live in caves where they hang from the ceiling and sleep, however, they can “overground” on trees or tent-like leaves.
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