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Two! Two bats!
(The actual bats don't look anything like these bats. This is just a tribute)
Lol, you two have me picturing literally just 3 bats in the whole country and the middle one being upset he isn't biggest or smallest and is plotting to take one of the other 2 out.
Want a another fun fact? The bats evolved to spend a lot of time just walking around on the ground.
And, there's a special species of fly that lost the ability to actually fly, and for transport it rides around on the backs of the short tailed bats.
Edit: links in next comment.
I enjoy that I can no longer tell if you are serious or not!
What a country! 😂
All my fun facts are 100% real! Footage of short tailed bat walking around on the ground.
Wikipedia entry on Bat Fly .
Department of Conservation bat blog about the flies, with pictures.
Hmm this bat is so cute I might go post it on an ecology community now. :-)
The bat is definitely cute!