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Long-eared Bats

Plecotus

Long-eared bats are small, furry creatures with big ears! They use their ears to hear tiny sounds and find food like insects at night. These bats help keep our environment healthy by eating bugs.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Long-eared Bats has incredibly long ears, often nearly as long as its body, which it can fold back like a ram's horn. Its fur is typically light brown or grey-brown on its back, fading to a paler belly. It has a distinctive, almost 'pig-like' nose.

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Long-eared Bats
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Long-eared Bats

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

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Interessante Fakten

A single long-eared bat can eat its own weight in insects every single night!

Instead of just flying, they can hover to pluck insects right off leaves and branches!

Long-eared bats are so good at hearing, they can detect the footsteps of a beetle on a leaf!

When they're extra sleepy, they can even tuck their long ears completely into their fur!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Whisper Catcher

Long-eared Bats can hear the faintest sounds of insects because of their enormous ears that help them pinpoint hidden prey.

Fähigkeit

Stealth Sonar

Long-eared Bats has super quiet echolocation calls that helps them hunt without alerting even sensitive prey.

Fähigkeit

Ear Tuck

Long-eared Bats can fold their giant ears under their wings when resting because that helps them save energy and fit into small spaces.

Maße und Details

Länge
4.5-5.5 cm
Flügelspannweite
24-28.5 cm
Gewicht
0.005-0.012 kg
Lebenserwartung
5-30 Jahre
Top Speed
30 km/h
Wurfgröße
1
Tragzeit
40-70 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny hunters gobble up all sorts of creepy crawlies like moths, beetles, and earwigs!

Hauptnahrung

  • Moths
  • Beetles
  • Earwigs
  • Spiders
  • Lacewings

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

If you see a bat, it's best to watch from a distance and not touch it.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Long-eared Bats?

4.5-5.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Long-eared Bats?

24-28.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Long-eared Bats?

0.005-0.012 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Long-eared Bats?

5-30 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Long-eared Bats?

30 km/h

Was frisst Long-eared Bats?

These tiny hunters gobble up all sorts of creepy crawlies like moths, beetles, and earwigs!

Wo findet man Long-eared Bats normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Long-eared Bats?

Foraging

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