#save bats
At OBC, we play “Where’s the Egyptian Fruit Bat?” instead of “Where’s Waldo?” Can you find the Egyptian Fruit Bat among the Straw-colored Fruit Bats!?
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Happy Monday, everyone! This is Nightwing, one of our spunky Straw-colored Fruit Bats! Nightwing loves to show off to the animals and OBC staff by flapping his beautiful wings!
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It looks like Kisses managed to get a HUGE piece of fruit and is now trying to determine her next move! Go, Kisses!
Happy Birthday to Miombo, one of our Straw-colored Fruit Bats! He turns 15 years old today - cheers to many more, Miombo!
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“For more than 50 years, scientists believed that only six species of the fast flying, insect-eating mammals known as dog-faced bats existed. That number has now increased to eight with the discovery of two new species.”
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Time for a Bat Fact! Did you know that the Hoary bat are the only bats found on the island of Hawaii?!
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#HappyBirthday to Saffire, one of our Straw-colored Fruit Bats! She’s turning 19 years old today!
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#HappyBirthday to Boomerang, one of our Straw-colored Fruit Bats! He’s turning 22 years old today - here’s to many more, Boomerang!
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Time for a #BatFact! Did you know that Egyptian fruit bat offspring typically stay with the same colony as their parents for their entire lives?! #SavetheBats
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“Rat brains have taught us a lot, but researchers in Israel have found an interesting alternative model to understanding how the hippocampus helps mammals navigate: Bats."
http://go.savebats.org/2F6EjZi
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Happy Friday from the bats at the Bat Zone! Join us this weekend for some Bat Zone tours tonight through Sunday! #SavetheBats
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“There are about 120 bats in the bat cave at the Oregon Zoo. Some of them are the endangered Rodrigues fruit bat, also known as the Rodrigues flying fox. One of them is named Kali and she has quite the story.” #SavetheBats
http://go.savebats.org/2F4efhC
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Time for a #BatFact! Did you know that the Straw-colored fruit bat is the second largest bat in Africa?! #SavetheBats
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“The longest-lived bats—those belonging to the Myotis genus—may have their telomeres to thank for their slow aging process, according to a study published yesterday (Feb 7) in Science Advances.”
http://go.savebats.org/2BhTBdQ
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Whoa! It looks like someone bit off more than they could chew! Good morning from the Bat Zone!
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Shout out to one of OBC’s volunteers, Karen O'Connor, for taking such an amazing picture of Kamilah! She truly captured her beauty!
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