▲ 154 ▼ Proboscis bats chilling (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 weeks ago by ickplant@lemmy.world [M] to c/bats@lemmy.world 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LibertyLizard@quokk.au 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) Amazing! Why are they all lined up like that? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Starf4rged@reddthat.com 13 points 2 weeks ago They are in the place with the most shade, since the trunk is a cylinder, the "best spot" becomes a line instead. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ickplant@lemmy.world [S] 4 points 2 weeks ago That’s how they hang out, they can also form ovals on larger surfaces. I believe some say it’s for camouflage but I can’t find anything specific on that. Source: http://mirjam-knoernschild.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Knoernschild_et_al_2009.pdf permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Starf4rged@reddthat.com 13 points 2 weeks ago They are in the place with the most shade, since the trunk is a cylinder, the "best spot" becomes a line instead. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world [S] 4 points 2 weeks ago That’s how they hang out, they can also form ovals on larger surfaces. I believe some say it’s for camouflage but I can’t find anything specific on that. Source: http://mirjam-knoernschild.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Knoernschild_et_al_2009.pdf permalink fedilink source parent
