Caves, Crystals, And The Unknown

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Lesser Dawn Bat Eonycteris spelaea

Also known as the cave nectar bat, it is found in primary forests and in disturbed and agricultural areas. It roosts in caves, in larger groups, with some roosts exceeding 50,000 individuals, and it sometimes roosts with other bat species. In some places, this species seems to have adapted well to leafy, semi-urban habitats. It is a very important pollinator of fruit trees, such as durians, and other commercially important crops such as banana and jackfruit.

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Brooch by Marcus & Co., 1900. The Newark Museum of Art.

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annie steg gerard

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in the midst of all this noise - a clearing, a way out ii

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Autumn Trails

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The Green Pool ~ Bullock Creek by Steve Reekie

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It’s Bat Appreciation Day, so let’s get batty for our favorite flying mammals: bats! Bats are the second most diverse group of mammals after rodents. Twenty two percent of all mammal species are bats, with more than 1,450 species—and they live on every continent except Antarctica.

One of the world’s most unique bats? The Hammer-headed fruit bat (​​Hypsignathus monstrosus). Africa’s largest bat, males of this species can sport a wingspan of up to 3.2 ft (1 m). Primarily frugivorous, it feeds mostly on figs or the pulp of mangos, bananas, and guavas. Photo: jakob, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

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Mossy

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I did a line of dewdrops this morning

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Thousand-year old sessile oak known as Big Belly Oak, in Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, in its full summer regalia.

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Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada by Marian Dragiev

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Heaven’s Gate, in the Nohoch Nah Chich underwater cave system, Mexico, Photo by Jinny Kim, 2026

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Magical Spot on the River

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more photos of washington by me

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An abandoned cottage in Småland, Sweden.

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Golden Bat Mimon bennettii

A bat species found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. Usually roosts in groups of two to 20 in wet limestone caves, also has been reported in hollow logs. It probably gleans prey (beetles, katydids) from the vegetation, but could take fruits too.

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