#Chapin's Free Tailed bat

[loveisinthebat]

I Like Your Cut , G.

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[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Chapin’s Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon chapini)

(Photo by Merlin Tuttle)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Central and Southern Africa

Size (Weight/Length)- 10 g; 12 cm

Diet- Insects

Cool Facts- While little is known about the Chapin’s free-tailed bat, these little dudes are rocking that punk hairstyle. As males get closer to breeding age, they begin to grow elongated fur on their forehead. The crest helps to spread their scent into the surrounding air to attract females. Females do sport a smaller mohawk but scientists are unsure of its purpose. While hunting, the Chapin’s free-tailed bat uses short bursts of echolocation to locate flying beetles and moths, of which are snatched out of the air mid-flight. These bats live in small groups to raise their young but hunt solo.

Rating- 11/10 (Crazy hair and looking for love.)

Requested by @v-spicata

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[todaysbat]

I'd really appreciate some bat positivity, if you don't mind

image description: an adult male Chapin's free-tailed bat (Chaerephon chapini) displaying his crest. Males of this species use their crests to court females and when they aren't a'courting, they hide their crests like a male peacock folds up their fancy tail feathers.

image source: Merlin Tuttle

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[megabat-nerd]

Some Flirty Guys ~

Chapin's Free-Tailed Bat (Chaerephon chapini)

While flirting with a female, males of this species will extrude a crest of long hairs from the head - a mohawk! These help disaperse scent. I think he's extremely handsome, doing a great job.

Minor Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomophorus minor) Epauletted fruit bats have groups of hairs used to disperse scent and attract females. In this species, it's on the shoulders... yep, these bats have shoulderpads! They flap their wings to waft scent towards a female. They are also believed to be visually attractive.

Greater Short-Nosed Fruit Bat (Cynopterus sphinx) The males of this species create recesses in plant stems to contain their harem of females, and females find this very attractive; deep holes usually attract more females. I mean, if a potential partner built you a house by hand, wouldn't you be flattered too?

California Leaf-Nosed Bat (Macrotus californicus) and Hammerheaded Bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus) These two bats look nothing alike and belong to completley different groups, so why have I put them together? Because they share a rare mating behaviour, lekking. During mating season, the males will form large groups and position themselves consistent distances apart in an area. From these miniature territories, the bats will perform displays to visiting females, including singing and wing displays. From these, the females can select a partner to continue courtship with. Males will fight if they enter each other's territories. This has been described as a bat 'singles bar'!

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[rkdemay]

You think you're punk? Please. The Chapin's Free-Tailed Bat? Can mohawk _on demand_. Instantly. It takes you 6-20 minutes to get dressed and you're still not that cool.

#bats #punk rock

[4shfur]

[Goes to the hair salon and shows them this picture for reference]

#fr htough i need to get my hair cut im worried if i grow it out too much itll look like a mullet #zin speaks #bats #chapin's free tailed bat

[abataday]

Wingtober Day 14: “Fierce”

Chapin’s free-tailed bat is very fiercely fashion-forward. Males in particular have bright white extendable ‘mohawks’ that they presumably use to signal to potential mates. (Nobody has observed this, but since females have far more modest hairstyles, it’s a good guess.)

Not only do these crests extend out bright white, they also waft strong scents from a special gland located on the back of the bat’s head. They probably also sing complex songs, as other male free-tailed bats do. If these bats have lekking behavior (like the hammerhead bat does, for example) I think a gang of displaying males would be quite a multi-sensory experience to behold...

(Don’t make fun of how I gave up on drawing the tree bark please.)

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[noxrose]

David as a bat

❤️🦇 Good Morning 🦇❤️ The Chapin's free-tailed bat rocks one of the most distinctive hairdos in the bat world, but it remains one of Africa's least-seen mammals. The Chapin's is about the size of an adult male's thumb. But what about that mohawk? Tuttle explains: “To this day, no one knows much about how these crests are used, but we presume they are spread during courtship, likely accompanied by singing." Photo Credits: Merlin Tuttle

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[syriasirlay]

Hella late, but here is day 14, Chapin's free-tailed bat with a sick mohawk.

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[rhan-hastur]

LGBaTs part two, as requested! 🦇🏳️‍🌈 Based on the following: MLM  -> Sucker-footed bat Intersex -> Greater mouse-tailed bat Genderqueer -> Horseshoe bat Genderfluid -> Jamaican fruit bat Agender -> Ghost bat Bigender -> Cuban greater funnel-eared bat Polyamorous -> Fisherman bat Omnisexual -> Chapin’s free-tailed bat Part 1

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[loveisinthebat]

Punk Bat Hours

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[cypherdecypher]

@v-spicata, thanks for the ask but in all good faith, I can't post that image to this blog lmao. I'll totally do the Chapin's free-tailed bat tho! Just keep in mind, and this goes for everyone, I try to keep this blog as family friendly as possible. No matter how cool, please don't send me pics of animal genitalia lol.

#animal of the day #chapin's free-tailed bat #request

[todaysbat]

can u post about the one bat species that looks like it has a mohawk? i forget the name, thanks ❤️

lmao just did XD. Here have another picture.

image description: a male Chapin's free-tailed bat with his crest displayed.

image source: Merlin Tuttle

#misti-step #chapin's free-tailed bat #Chaerephon chapini #free-tailed bat

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

Gaud, have you ever seen (pictures of) Chapin's free-tailed bats?

i am horrendously furious with you, while simultaneously delighted beyond measure 

#bat tw

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Bat Portraits by Merlin Tuttle

1. Chapin’s Free-tailed Bat 2. Spotted Bat 3. Wahlberg’s Epauletted Fruit Bat (With cheek pouches full of fig) 4. Spectral Bat 5. Antillean Ghost-faced Bat 6. Wrinkle-faced Bat 7. Painted Bat 8. Sunda Tailless Fruit Bat 9. Orange Nectar Bat 10. Formosan Long-eared Bat

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[zenaquaria]

Sketched some bats for International Bat Appreciation Day! 

I didn’t get the time to draw today like I’d hoped, but I managed to grab enough time to sketch these darlings! We’ve got a Ghost, a Pied, Vampire, Spectral/False Vampire, Painted, and a Chapin Free-tailed!

There’s just really so much character potential to be had here. I’d like to expand on these concepts later, for sure! :D 

Until then, remember that our little flying mammal buddies didn’t do anything but exist. So please give them the respect they deserve!

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