#abanda — Public Fediverse posts

🐊 NEW: In #Gabon’s #Abanda Caves, dwarf #crocodiles roughly 1.5 meters long live in permanent darkness among mounds of bat guano.

Researchers knew the reptiles ate #bats but had never observed the hunt until remote cameras caught them snatching bats mid-flight. The #underground population, first documented in 2010, is genetically isolated and developing an orange hue from the acidic #guano.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/animals/alligators-crocodiles/watch-the-worlds-smallest-crocodiles-snatch-bats-in-their-hidden-underground-lair-a-behavior-never-seen-before

#caves #evolution #wildlife #animals #nature #africa #science #biology #habitat #predator #natgeo #conservation

🐊 NEW: In #Gabon’s #Abanda Caves, dwarf #crocodiles roughly 1.5 meters long live in permanent darkness among mounds of bat guano.

Researchers knew the reptiles ate #bats but had never observed the hunt until remote cameras caught them snatching bats mid-flight. The #underground population, first documented in 2010, is genetically isolated and developing an orange hue from the acidic #guano.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/animals/alligators-crocodiles/watch-the-worlds-smallest-crocodiles-snatch-bats-in-their-hidden-underground-lair-a-behavior-never-seen-before

#caves #evolution #wildlife #animals #nature #africa #science #biology #habitat #predator #natgeo #conservation

🐊 NEW: In #Gabon’s #Abanda Caves, dwarf #crocodiles roughly 1.5 meters long live in permanent darkness among mounds of bat guano.

Researchers knew the reptiles ate #bats but had never observed the hunt until remote cameras caught them snatching bats mid-flight. The #underground population, first documented in 2010, is genetically isolated and developing an orange hue from the acidic #guano.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/animals/alligators-crocodiles/watch-the-worlds-smallest-crocodiles-snatch-bats-in-their-hidden-underground-lair-a-behavior-never-seen-before

#caves #evolution #wildlife #animals #nature #africa #science #biology #habitat #predator #natgeo #conservation

🐊 NEW: In #Gabon’s #Abanda Caves, dwarf #crocodiles roughly 1.5 meters long live in permanent darkness among mounds of bat guano.

Researchers knew the reptiles ate #bats but had never observed the hunt until remote cameras caught them snatching bats mid-flight. The #underground population, first documented in 2010, is genetically isolated and developing an orange hue from the acidic #guano.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/animals/alligators-crocodiles/watch-the-worlds-smallest-crocodiles-snatch-bats-in-their-hidden-underground-lair-a-behavior-never-seen-before

#caves #evolution #wildlife #animals #nature #africa #science #biology #habitat #predator #natgeo #conservation