This tiny Australian bat is the size of a matchbox. But it flies up to 150km a night in search of food - NewsGroove Uk

This tiny Australian bat is the size of a matchbox. But it flies up to 150km a night in search of food - NewsGroove Uk

A tiny, critically endangered bat – roughly the size of a matchbox – can fly about 150km in a single night, new research has found. Southern bent-wing bats roost in caves in south-west Victoria and south-east South Australia. They fly out at night in search of food, eating about half their body weight in insects. Little is known about these foraging flights, so Victoria’s Arthur Rylah Institute tracked bats from the Portland maternity cave 350km…