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False Vampire Bats

Bandipur, Karnataka, 19 July 2005

Harsha suspected these bats inside a dead tree trunk, when there was a strong smell of ammonia around. They hunt more by sounds than using their sonar like vision. Their large ears use useful to detect an insects wing-beat, many meters away.


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