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False Vampire Bats
False Vampire Bats
Bandipur, Karnataka, 19 July 2005
Camera :  NIKON D70
Shutter-speed :   1/250 sec
Aperture :   f 11
Exposure Mode :   Manual
ISO :   400
Exposure Compensation :   -1 EV
Flash :   Flash, Auto-Mode, Return light not detected
Focal Length :   70 mm
Found these bats inside a dead tree trunk when we got the smell of ammonia. They hunt more by sound than by vision. Their large ears are used to detect the reflections of their ultrasonic calls emitted for echo-location of their prey.