Here are some interesting bat-related videos, embedded when possible and linked otherwise. (Kindly verify permission from the copyright owner before using elsewhere.)
Also, be sure to check out some of the audio and video resources at USGS on white nose syndrome!
Linked
- Bats in Flight (LiveScience) – see bats flying and hovering in a wind tunnel. Great for animators or anyone interested to see how their bodies and wings move in flight.
- Babbling Baby Bats (LiveScience) Not so much a video as it is a still photo with audio 5x slower, but cute nonetheless. wllw
- What Bats Do (LiveScience) Fruit Bats, Fornication and Fellatio… Is this work safe?
- Bat in Wind Tunnel (LiveScience) Another cool animation/curiosity resource.
- Smoking Out Secrets of Bat Flight (LiveScience) Another wind tunnel but this time with smoke so you can see the airflow…
- Bats and Windmills – Seasonal distribution of hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus) [WMV format: 1.8 MB]
- Bats and Windmills – Seasonal distribution of silver-haired bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans) [WMV format: 1.7 KB]
- Bats and Windmills – Seasonal distribution of red bats (Lasiurus borealis and L. blossevillii) [WMV format: 1.9 KB]
- Bio Bulletin – Bat Sickness Spreads to New States (This isn’t a video so much as it is a presentation.)
- The Battle for Bats: White Nose Syndrome
Cave Biota – an evolving “webumentary” (lots of videos and clips plus interviews with researchers)
Embedded
Bat woman: “bats are getting a bad rap”
Why Bats and Bat Houses are Good to Have (I’m not sure what year this news story aired but the information is still relevant!)
How to Build a Bat House the Gardenfork Way (But using plans from Bat Conservation International.)
Flying Back to the Bat House (Short and sweet!)
Bat (A little darling hanging upside down under a red light)
Bat’s Bath Time (No bathtub here!)
Bats are Dreaming (I wonder what about?)
Little Bat on GA’s Hand (Short but you can see how tiny it is!)
Arizona Bat Workshop: Bats in Phoenix (this is an example of what you would see during the Arizona Bat Workshop, offered free by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. For more info, visit http://www.azgfd.gov/bat-registration.shtml or call (480) 981-9400.)
The University of Florida Bat House (I bet in person this would be a sight to behold – even the bird is interested!)
Holding the Bat (In most cases you should not handle a bat yourself, and certainly you should be more gentle than this.)
The Bat Event (Grandma’s cool red floor aside, this is a sad example of how unnecessarily terrified people are of bats.)