{"id":1632,"date":"2014-10-22T14:40:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T14:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2016-10-14T14:53:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T14:53:58","slug":"did-you-know-that-not-all-bats-are-dark-in-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/did-you-know-that-not-all-bats-are-dark-in-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know That Not All Bats Are Dark In Colour?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is just around the corner! Black bats are a popular decoration but did you know that not all bats are dark colored? Bats have a variety of different colors and fur patterns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/white-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1633\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/white-1.jpg\" alt=\"white 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tiny Honduran White Bat lives in Central America. They roost under large leaves. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbh2.com\/pets-animals\/adorable-alert-honduran-white-bat-babies\/\">Photo Credit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bat-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1634\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bat-2.jpg\" alt=\"bat 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Painted Bat lives in Asia. The colors are thought to be a form of camouflage. Photo Credit: Merlin D. Tuttle<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/black-and-white-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1635\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/black-and-white-3.jpg\" alt=\"black and white 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This rare black and white bat lives in Africa. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/extinction-countdown\/2013\/04\/11\/beautiful-striped-bat-identified-new-genus\/\">More information on the \u2018panda bat\u2019 can be found here!<\/a>\u00a0Photo Credit: Bucknell University\/Deeann Reeder<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bat..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1636\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bat..jpg\" alt=\"bat.\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Yellow-winged Bat lives in Africa and eats insects. Photo Credit: Milos Andera<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to go to other continents to see colorful bats, there are some right here in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bat-canada-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1637\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bat-canada-1.jpg\" alt=\"bat canada 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"546\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Red Bat is widespread across eastern North America. They migrate south for the winter and eat insects. Photo Credit Brock Fenton.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hoary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1638\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/hoary.jpg\" alt=\"hoary\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Hoary Bat is the largest bat in Canada and can be found throughout North America and much of South America. They migrate south for the winter and eat insects. Photo Credit Merlin Tuttle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitenosesyndrome.org\/news\/project-edubat-%E2%80%93-education-taking-flight-live-broadcast-october-29-2014-200-pm-et\"><strong>If you want to learn more about bats there is a live broadcast being held Oct 29<sup>th<\/sup> at 2pm ET. Tune in!\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">Halloween is just around the corner! 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