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Video: Bacardi Installs Bat Caves At Bottling Plant

Video: Bacardi Installs Bat Caves At Bottling Plant

Bermuda-headquartered Bacardi gives new meaning to the phrase, “to the bat cave,” as a team of employees, in partnership with Lubee Bat Conservancy, erected several large bat habitats at the company’s Bacardí rum bottling facility campus in Jacksonville, Florida. Within just a few months, the habitats – branded bat caves – will be full of... Read more of this article

Mexican Free-Tailed Bat ‘Visiting’ Bermuda

Mexican Free-Tailed Bat ‘Visiting’ Bermuda

Bermuda has welcomed an unusual visitor, with a Mexican free-tailed bat spotted on the island, and according to the Bermuda National Trust this is the first time this particular type of bat has been recorded in Bermuda. “The Mexican free-tailed bat has made an appearance in Bermuda for the first time on record,” the BNT said. “Native... Read more of this article

Bat Spotted ‘Hanging Out’ In Somerset Tree

Bat Spotted ‘Hanging Out’ In Somerset Tree

A bat, identified as a “Hoary Bat”, was spotted sleeping in a tree in Sandys yesterday morning [Dec 1]. Dr David Wingate said this is the largest of four species of highly migratory bats of eastern north America which are migratory by virtue of their tree roosting — as opposed to cave hibernating habit — thus forcing them to... Read more of this article