ickplant@lemmy.worldM to Bats@lemmy.world · 2 months agoBat Fact: Bats love funky-smelling treeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down10
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minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoYou got it! It’s little tufts of white hair near their shoulders, they also have them around the ears, but only the males. The hairs can be held erect to form a white rosette. It’s a secondary sexual dimorphism in these bats, essentially. To learn more: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Micropteropus_pusillus/
You got it! It’s little tufts of white hair near their shoulders, they also have them around the ears, but only the males. The hairs can be held erect to form a white rosette. It’s a secondary sexual dimorphism in these bats, essentially.
To learn more: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Micropteropus_pusillus/