Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week. I have been writing the Save Lucy blog for about 7 years now, and it has been a wonderful experience. When I started writing, I was in the 6th grade and loved bats because there was a family of big brown bats living outside my […]
Hi everyone! Happy 4th of July! I hope you all had a good week! I have some exciting news! The Arizona Game and Fish Department has set up a camera inside an old barn where you can watch at least five different bat species! If you want to see the bats in their home, the […]
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! I found an interesting article about music and bat sounds. In 2018, musician Stuart Hyatt went on a field trip with his son to the Great Smoky Mountains and observed bats. Since humans can’t hear the frequency that bats use while echolocating, the park ranger […]
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! Since I’m preparing for a trip to South American, I thought I’d research another South American bat. The Big Naked-Backed Bat lives throughout Central and South America. It was first identified as a new species in 1842 by Johann Wagner. These bats are described as […]
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! Thursday was my last day of school. I graduate next week! I read an article about an adorable bat that was discovered in 2014. They have lovely yellow colored fur, which gave them the name Golden Bat. Its scientific name is Myotis midastactus after King […]
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! I found an interesting article about social distancing. Apparently, humans aren’t the only ones who socially distance to protect others from illness. Vampire bats do too! Researchers studying vampire bats with bacterial infections observed the bats distancing themselves from other bats. Just like humans, the […]
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! White Nose Syndrome has been killing bats for many years. Scientists have been working on various ways to help bats, but so far have had little success. One species that was hit particularly hard is he Little Brown Bat. Their population has declined nearly 90% […]
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! I found an interesting article about a species of bat that seems to be moving into Japan. The Alashanian pipistrelle is very elusive, so not much is known other than that it is a larger bat. They usually are not found in Japan, but instead […]
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good week! I have been very busy with my schoolwork and reading articles about bats. Bats are very interesting creatures. One thing that’s interesting about them is their ability to mimic specific sounds. A lot of animals aren’t able to do this; however, humans, some birds, seals, […]
Hi everyone! I hope everyone had a good week! I was reading about different bats and found a really cute one. It’s called the Sucker-footed bat and, much like its name suggests, these bats have suction pads on their wrists and ankles that allow them to stick to leaves. Instead of resting head down like most […]
