One of the nice things about living in Costa Rica is that you can leave all the doors and windows open during the daytime and let the breeze blow through the house. You may remember the previous post that I did about the little hummingbird that flew into the bedroom
Well this visitor is not a feathered friend at all
but a creepy flying mammal better known as a BAT!
These odd creatures like to hang out on our patio and plaster themselves on the wall up under the roof. And just as long as they are not the "vampire" breed, that is found here in Costa Rica and actually does prey on other mammals by sucking their blood, I don't really mind because they like to eat mosquitoes! One bat can consume as many as 1000 mosquitoes in a day! The mosquitoes here are vicious and can cause you to itch for days on end.
We have these really large sliding glass doors that open up to the patio and I guess it just looked inviting to this little guy and as you can see decided he wanted to come inside and check things out!
And so we began a repeat of the scenario of how to remove a flying bird from your house....but this time touching it was not an option!
Thankfully after flying around the ceiling from room to room for a while he decided he preferred to be outside and found his way to the door, showed himself out and joined his friends again on the wall!
And from the mean looking stare that he was giving me when I took this picture I don't think he enjoyed his visit!
I think that we shall keep the screens closed
when Batman is lurking by the pool!
There is over a 100 species of bats in Costa Rica and with only 200 mammal species in the nation half of those are BATS!
Come to beautiful Costa Rica
and learn more about the amazing ecosystem they have to offer.
to learn more about this amazing creature!
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