Summary: <p>Our next Halloween monster is the ahool, a mystery bat from Indonesia and Java, but along the way we’ll learn about megabats in general–especially the hammerhead bat! Thanks to Grace, Grace’s sons, and Tania for the hammerhead bat suggestion!</p> <p>I’ve unlocked a Patreon bonus episode about burrowing bats, which you can <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/16364274">listen to here</a>.</p> <p>A hammerhead bat (male) from side and front. DAT SNOOT. (Photos by Sarah Olson and swiped off the web, because I have no shame.)</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-847" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/hammerhead-bat-by-Sarah-Olson-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-848" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/h-Sarah-Olson-2_20180412_173425-Hammer-headed-Bat-Congo-320x202-300x189.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="189"></p> <p>The Egyptian fruit bat (Photo by Amram Zabari and swiped etc etc):</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-849" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/fruit_bat-Amram-Zabari_cropped-300x209.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="209"></p> <p>Great flying foxes, sleepin (photo by Lars Petersson and swiped etc etc):</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-850" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/113768_Great-Flying-Fox_Pteropus-neohibernicus_New-Ireland-Papua-New-Guinea_20140712_1_600b-300x295.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="295"></p> <p>Golden-crowned flying fox, flyin (photo by Dave Irving and swiped etc etc):</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-851" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/golden-crowned-flying-fox-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200"></p> <p><strong>Show transcript:</strong></p> <p>Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast. I’m your host, Kate Shaw.</p> <p>This week we’re going to learn about bats—some real, some mysterious, and all of them awesome, because bats are awesome! Listeners Grace and Grace’s sons requested an episode about hammerhead bats recently, which made me real</p>
