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Rhynchonycteris naso
Bats looking like leaves on the side of a tree in Costa Rica - they actually shook to look more like leaves! Never would have noticed them if the guide hadn't known what she was looking for!!
Thanks so much, Rosa! They line up and shake to mimic the way leaves move in the wind...like a vine growing up a tree trunk...they were in Costa Rica, so I don't think staying warm was an issue.
Whoah! That is certainly interesting. I wonder why they line up like that. They may be shaking to stay warm? That is an awesome spotting!
Now that is a truly amazing sight. Thanks for sharing, Christy, and to the guide as well.
Thanks Env, drP, and Donna! Donna, that wouldn't surprise me....there are some monsters in the jungle!! ;-) Leuba, thank you then for bringing it up again!! ;-)
This is the coolest bat I've ever seen. The images are great. I read on wiki that they are so small they sometimes fall prey to the large spider, Argiope savignyi.
lol Christy, just tells you that the really good ones are forever interesting (and perhaps need to be brought-up for others to see) !
Thanks Leuba and rams4d...and a belated thanks to HeatherK! Leuba, you dug up an old one!!! ;-)
Just great ! Thanks for sharing this wonderful spotting and information Christy.
I guess they're so common that they're considered as regular raccoons...??? Yes she was native but very young, and I did scold her a little for telling an AMERICAN that they were only raccoons!! ;-) We saw small raccoons in Manuel Antonio, but they looked like ours, but about 1/2 the size. I just looked up crab-eating raccoon...they're cute!! Much more slender than ours!!
Was she native? It seems odd to mistake a species that people in the country feed on the roadsides....
We were lucky enough to see the crab eating raccoon, which looks so much different from our raccoons. Very amazing country. Lovely and friendly
Spotted on Oct 10, 2010
Submitted on Jan 9, 2012
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