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- The Nature Conservancy
- February 16, 2012
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Little Brown Bats: Waiting for the Right Time
Because these bats mate in the autumn but hibernate during winter, females store sperm for seven months to delay pregnancy until springtime. While bats normally hang upside down, females stand upright to give birth and catch their babies in a membrane between their legs. Newborns cling to their mothers even during nighttime flights as they search for food.
Read more about a deadly disease that’s killing little brown bats all over the Northeast.
(Image: Little brown bat. Source: Ann Froschauer/UWFWS via a Creative Commons license.)
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I am going out so I have to try it when I come home. I don't wish to tap in public!
Thanks for sharing.
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I like all of these foods and eat some of them on a daily basis.
the thing about salt is flavor. i use a mixed seasoning that adds great flavor with no salt. i lov…
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+ add your ownAnd I thought we were complicated :)
Thank you! Re-shared :)
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just amazing. all of it was super interesting. thanks!
Oh my gosh. Lions are sex addicts (LOL).
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mating in nature has far more variety than many who talk about the "laws of nature" or what is "natural" behavior have ever actually learned.......
Thanks.
Thanks, interesting.
Just right for each one.
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