Showing posts with label Barro Colorado Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barro Colorado Island. Show all posts
Photo of the Day 395
Photograph by Christian Ziegler Equipped with echolocation and gaffing claws, the greater bulldog bat of Panama's Barro Colorado Island can detect the hair-thin fin of a fish breaking the water's surface, a useful skill in a forest full of bat competitors. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Winged Victors: Panama's Adaptable Bats," June 2007, National Geographic magazine) Photo of the Day 356
Photograph by Christian Ziegler A fringe-lipped bat on Panama's Barro Colorado Island holds a Tungara frog in its powerful jaws. This bat's extra-large ears help it detect frogs from the sound of their mating calls, even distinguishing the songs of edible species from those of toxic ones. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Winged Victors: Panama's Adaptable Bats," June 2007, National Geographic magazine)
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