I have heard that in the spring caves get flooded with opossums feeling around in the dark for fallen baby bats.
Is this true has anyone seen this? Can you give me any tips on seeing it for myself?
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wyandottecaver wrote:muddy,
early spring is when baby bats are born. Forest dwelling bats have their young in...forests. But some species, notably gray bats, birth and raise their young in caves. Gray bats in particular are very sensitive to any disturbance, and a whole generation of young can potentially be lost in one incident.
As to the original question, opossums will eat anything they can fit in their mouth. However, caves aren't exactly raining baby bats. More likely they are looking for beetles and such in the guano. Certainly low hanging bats are vulnerable to predators.
I was once in the position of deciding whether to shoot a protected but common owl (with a permit) or let him continue his nightly visit to munch on hibernating endangered bats. A few days of harassment convinced him to look for a different honey hole :)
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