Post #13880

False Vampire : Mega Bat. It doesn't drink blood, it catches and eats whole birds! The false vampire has a very bad reputation. Residents of South America have long considered it a dangerous bloodsucker that should be destroyed at every opportunity. And I can understand them: I, too, am scared by a bat the size of a crow and with fangs almost 3 centimeters long. But everything is much simpler. A false vampire does not drink blood; it eats its prey whole. After all, the false vampire, aka the big leaf-nosed bat, is not just another creepy bat, it’s a high-flying bird. He does not hunt insects, like the vast majority of meat-eating mice, and is not even particularly interested in mice and lizards. Its diet consists almost entirely of pigeons, parrots, cuckoos, flycatchers and many other small birds. And, of course, from smaller caliber bats. Like most bats, it cannot compare in speed and agility with birds - they are simply more advanced. But he takes his toll with his ingenuity and developed senses. The leaf bat hunts exclusively under the canopy of tropical forests and exclusively at night. In the dark, birds cannot develop high speed, while the bat itself easily maneuvers, noticing obstacles using echolocation and refined hearing. The same ability helps him find small bats - he detects small things by their calls. And so he hunts them openly - his large, up to a meter in span, and powerful wings allow the false vampire to easily catch up and destroy real vampires, as well as any other bats. In addition, the false vampire has an extremely rare feature for flying creatures: a good sense of smell. For ordinary birds and bats this ability is almost useless (go and smell something in the sky!), but not for the leaf bat. Using his sense of smell, he tracks down large ani - foul-smelling birds that like to gather in large flocks and create a fragrant scent throughout the entire area. And thanks to his sense of smell, our hero senses them hundreds of meters away from the place where he spends the night. Like some other birds that emit strong scents. The handsome predators live up to 5 years and are still widespread throughout northern South America. This is the largest species of bat in the Americas, but they also often suffer from local snakes, owls and cats. Author: Yaroslav Ilyin 🏀 Hit the hoop and get an NFT gift — https://t.me/BasketbolX_bot