The amazing creature you see here is a Mexican Free-tailed Bat, known to speed through the skies at altitudes over 10k feet while reaching ground speeds of nearly 100 mph! Like most bats, these stealthy insectivores use echolocation to hunt prey, usually in mid-flight. Mexican Free-tailed Bats are one of 23 bat species that live in California, 13 of which can be found here in Marin County! The Mexican Free-tailed bat (also known as the Brazilian Free-tailed Bat) is remarkable enough as a species
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Watch the sky come alive! 🌌 Millions of Mexican free-tailed bats take flight across Texas, from Bracken Cave to Austin’s Congress Avenue Bridge. Fast, fearless, and all Texan—this is nature’s airshow you never knew you needed. 🦇🇨🇱 | Every Bit Texas
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Mexican free-tailed bat facts: -they are roughly the size of your two thumbs together -fastest flying mammal at speeds of 99 mph at level flight and can fly as high as 10,000ft -forage on insects nightly, a large proportion of which are agricultural pests saving farmers millions of dollars -the bats at Porter Ranch hibernate over winter in the Elkhorn Slough watershed instead of migrating to warmer climates #batweek | Elkhorn Slough Foundation
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