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6. Honduran White Bat: Puffy Tent-Making Bundle of Cuteness!!!

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They snuggle together to form a bundle of fluffy cottonballs....they are the bat species Ectophylla alba, and they are out to get you....with fuzzy cuteness!!! Just kidding :) These little guys are shy and hide under leaves. They suffer from daddy issues and wouldn't hurt a fly...well...maybe the ones who live inside figs.

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Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror) 3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Image Credit: Charlie Jackson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Episode image is heavily edited, the image owner reserves all rights to their image, and is not affiliated with our podcast)

SOURCES:

Wikipedia: Honduran white bat

Wikipedia: Communal roosting

Bat Roosting | HowStuffWorks

The World of Tent-making Bats | Bat Conservation International

Animal Diversity Web

Timm, Robert. (1982). Ectophylla alba. Mamm. Species. 166. 10.2307/3503942.

Herrera, Bernal & Ceballos, Gerardo & Medellín, Rodrigo. (2011). Ecological Aspects of the Tent Building Process by Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Acta Chiropterologica. 13. 365-372. 10.3161/150811011X624839.

Timm, Robert & Mortimer, Jeanne. (1976). Selection of Roost Sites by Honduran White Bats, Ectophylla Alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae). Ecology. 57. 10.2307/1934829.

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They snuggle together to form a bundle of fluffy cottonballs....they are the bat species Ectophylla alba, and they are out to get you....with fuzzy cuteness!!! Just kidding :) These little guys are shy and hide under leaves. They suffer from daddy issues and wouldn't hurt a fly...well...maybe the ones who live inside figs.

======================

Send us suggestions and comments to [email protected]

Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror) 3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Image Credit: Charlie Jackson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Episode image is heavily edited, the image owner reserves all rights to their image, and is not affiliated with our podcast)

SOURCES:

Wikipedia: Honduran white bat

Wikipedia: Communal roosting

Bat Roosting | HowStuffWorks

The World of Tent-making Bats | Bat Conservation International

Animal Diversity Web

Timm, Robert. (1982). Ectophylla alba. Mamm. Species. 166. 10.2307/3503942.

Herrera, Bernal & Ceballos, Gerardo & Medellín, Rodrigo. (2011). Ecological Aspects of the Tent Building Process by Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Acta Chiropterologica. 13. 365-372. 10.3161/150811011X624839.

Timm, Robert & Mortimer, Jeanne. (1976). Selection of Roost Sites by Honduran White Bats, Ectophylla Alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae). Ecology. 57. 10.2307/1934829.

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