Conserving the world's bats and their ecosystems to ensure a healthy planet. Retweets are not endorsements. 🦇
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In the field! 🔍 Last month, our team was in the Santa Fe National Forest in northern New Mexico, capturing bats to monitor for the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome.
🦇 silver-haired bat (𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴)
📷 Rachel Harper
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Happy National Donut Day! Our array of spicy powdered donuts wanted to tell you: "eeeEEeEEEeee!"
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Join the team!
If you are passionate about conserving bats and meet more than 70% of the qualifications, you are encouraged to apply.
Visit batcon.org/careers to learn more and apply. 🦇
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If you 🖤 bats and want to help them in your area, consider planting a bat garden!
Not in California? Learn more about planting a bat garden in your area.🪻
👉batcon.org/about-bats/bat-ga…
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If the 🙃 were a bat... 🦇
🦇 Rodrigues fruit bat
📸 Pierrickferret, iNaturalist
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While some bats drink on the wing, others hydrate by wetting their bellies in a body of water, then licking it off. This is known as belly dipping -- and requires incredible precision to avoid getting water on their wings 💦
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With over 1500 species found everywhere but the polar regions, bats are key contributors to biodiversity worldwide. 🌎
Happy International Day for Biological Diversity from the batties! 🦇
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These 💅 are pricey but oh-so worth it! ✨
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You can create a bat habitat even in the smallest of spaces. From planting native plants, to providing water and shelter, learn more about being a bat bestie on our website: batcon.org/about-bats/bat-ga… 🦇🌸
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Raise your hand if this would cure you 🙋♀️
🦇 Lesser long-tongued fruit bat
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Endangered Species Day highlights the urgent need to protect biodiversity and the ecosystems that support it. We work every day to prevent the extinction of the world's most endangered bats and their habitats.
🦇 𝘌𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴
📹 MGambaRios
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Endangered Species Day is nearly here! Enrich your life with facts about the rarest bat in the United States: the Florida bonneted bat. 🦇
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Who's getting lucky in Kentucky? The bats and the bugs, if you plant a bat-friendly garden! 🌸
You can welcome bats in your very own backyard by providing food, water, and shelter – creating bat habitat in even the smallest of spaces. Learn more 👉 batcon.org/about-bats/bat-ga…
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This is 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘪. With ears like that, he can hear your thoughts. So please think 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘴 whenever possible 🥰
🦇 Townsend's big-eared bat
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Happy Mother's Day from BCI! Here's a few Bat Mom facts to celebrate 🎉
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Want to help bats in your area? Consider planting a bat-friendly garden 🦇🌸
Whether you're in Coastal Texas or somewhere completely different, you can find more information on bat gardens on our website 👉 batcon.org/about-bats/bat-ga…
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May the 4th be with you ⭐️ 🛰️
🦇 Tube-nosed fruit bat
📸 Piotr Naskrecki/ Minden Pictures
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What do these spicy powdered donuts (𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴), wind turbines, and whales have in common? Read our latest blog post to find out. 👀 🐋
batcon.org/bats-whales-wind/
🦇 Hoary bat
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This is 𝘔𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴. She has a fluffy potato body and a big attitude. A relatable queen 🤎 🥔
🦇 Little brown bat
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