Want to hear what a bat sounds like? Turn up your volume!

Hear a bat's echolocation sounds via my "bat detector" that converts their pitch to an audible frequency for humans. For more about how bats use echolocation to find their prey http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/bat2.htm and to help support the preservation of batshttp://www.batcon.org/

Interesting bat facts:
- they're the only mammal that has their own Order in Mammals - Chiroptera
- the Mexican Free-tailed bat is the sole pollinator of the Agave plant. Just think - no bats, no tequila! That's reason enough to love them!
- 70% of bats are insect eaters. The rest are fruit eaters.
- approximately 1.5 MILLION Mexican Free-tailed Bats live under the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, TX and tourists gather nightly to watch them fly out to feed at dusk.

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[cripplemind661]

i recently was attacked by one and the other day i was walking and literally i heard atleast thousands of these in trees btw i live in lancaster,ca by the rosmand caves and i never seen one till it attacked me bats are facinating i think i might study them more now but be more protective

[Ferretocious]

@cripplemind661 You're mistaken because bats do NOT attack humans. Most of them eat bugs or fruits. So if it was "attacking" you it was simply flying around your head getting mosquitos, etc.  Bats are pretty harmless and VERY beneficial for the environment.

[arkanglegeibriel]

@Ferretocious I gotta say, while bat behavior might be well documented, where I live the bats literally DO come down, have dive-bombed my dogs and even people in my own backyard

[Ferretocious]

@arkanglegeibriel AGAIN, they DON'T attack people or pets. You're only thinking they are. Why would they when they eat INSECTS??? So stop perpetuating the idiotic notion that bats are evil/aggressive/etc/etc. EDUCATE yourself.

[bijiu101]

Where do u get one of those macieans????

[Ferretocious]

@bijiu101 Do you mean "machines"? If so I got it from Bat Conservation International for around a hundred bucks.

[SSArt98]

My previous post is merely info but I do have a question(s) that maybe you can help with: How can I lure them out if I'm able to get to them? Will a momma bat roost in the same place as the previous year? Will a bat be a repeat offender (so to speak)? How many females will normally be in a maternal colony? Do females & males roost together?

Right now I haven't the funds to call for bat removal so I'm dealing with them as they enter the house. Thanks 4 your time!

Truth, Peace & Love2U

SSArt98

[SSArt98]

About 3 years ago I had 2 Indiana Bats (Brown Bats) in my house, both were caught & released. Never in my 23 years here have I had this happen. Since then I've had 6 or more in the house just recently the 25th,I've become pretty good at capturing them but also still nervous when they are in the house. They are roosting in my attic & I have no way of getting them out, a few seem to enter the house via cracks.I have a few videos, one is a bat flying around the others are me releasing after caught.

[neckomimisan]

this sounds like fapping

[victorgraciaquintana]

i can hear them without machines in spain