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IowaNate
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Posted: Tue Apr 8th, 2008 12:13 am |
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I have never seen an article or study done on how bats differentiate fresh water sources as opposed to solid ground. I am sure that water makes a different "echo" than ground to the bats, I would love to see a link to something of this nature.
My lifetime goal is to have a few acres of land and a 1 to 2 acre fishing pond, and also have bat houses hung around it. But the pond would be a new "dig" and if there isn't a former year-round water source within 1/4 mile, how are the bats going to find my new pond and take up residence beside it? Do they sometimes echolocate towards the ground in new areas?
Any response or speculations would be greatly appreciated!
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kent borcherding
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Posted: Wed Apr 9th, 2008 11:28 pm |
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| Bats have an amazing keen sense of smell , I suspect this is how they find water.
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IowaNate
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Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 01:45 am |
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| Thanks Kent. My fiance actually suggested the same thing, and the "smell" could also be the bats sensing the humidity or water vapor rising for the source. I am surprised that I haven't been able to find any solid studies done on this subject, and I have been all over the internet and libraries.
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Terry Lobdell
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Posted: Sat Apr 12th, 2008 02:04 am |
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| It seems like while bats forage, they explore their surroundings thoroughly..........looking for good places to feed and places to evade predators........they know there are more insects around water........maybe abundant insects sometimes lead them to water.............When they fly over a building they can probably feel the heat rising off of it..............that probably leads them to look for places to enter..........They probably can feel and smell water vapor rising off of ponds and streams as well. Maybe they use all their senses to find water........
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