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Friday 19th January 2007, 21:40
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Bat Markings
Do bats british bats have markings? if so why? i watched a program on five with Nick Baker and one of the bats he caught had yellow ears and a white line down the middle of it's head and body, why. they were filming in peru.
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Tuesday 13th February 2007, 12:15
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Poor Judge of Pasta.
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None of the UK bats are all that well marked (although Natterer's is quite two tone - brown above & whitish below). Many Bat markings (eg White-lined Bats in the Neotropics) help to camouflage them against tree bark. What the purpose is of Spotted Bat's markings I know not!
James
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