This Artibeus fruit bat feasts on sugary fruit every night but these winged mammals don’t suffer from diabetes or other metabolic problems as humans might if we were to gorge on sugar. Updated ...

Bat Spotted Eating Chikoo In Pune Market; Video Raises Health Concerns The bat was filmed sitting on the fruit stall with its wings open. While it was enjoying a fruit, it was seen firmly gripping ...

Fruit bats eat fruit, as you probably can guess. This differs from Minnesota bats which are insectivores. Both kinds echolocate, making them one of the loudest animals at the zoo.

On Bat Appreciation Day, it’s time to ... Read more The post From Vampire Bats to Fruit Bats: ... Unlike birds, which evolved from dinosaurs, bats branched off from small, insect-eating mammals.

Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feeding on and dispersing fruit bats that are known natural reservoirs of infectious diseases.

Updated August 17, 2024 at 07:11 AM ET. Some bats like candy. Well, not the kind of candy you buy in a sweets shop. Rather, they like fruit, which is rich in sugar.

Some bats like candy. Well, not the kind of candy you buy in a sweets shop. Rather, they like fruit, which is rich in sugar. “We call it nature’s candy,” says Wei Gordon, a biologist at ...

Bats are able to consume an extraordinary amount of sugar with no ill effects. Scientists are trying to learn more about how bats do it — and whether humans can learn from their sugar response.