Newly discovered bat has Halloween colors

[WillParkinson]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/newly-discovered-bat-species-has-halloween-colors-180976776/

With a large net and a stroke of luck, scientists have discovered a new species of bat that has bright orange fur and black wings. The researchers describe the species, which they name Myotis nimbaenis, in the journal American Museum Novitates.

Jon Flanders, the director of endangered species intervention at Bat Conservation International, was leading an expedition with eight other researchers in the Nimba Mountains in Guinea when they found the orange bat. Many bats live in the mountains’ abandoned mineshafts that are now unstable and unsafe to enter, so researchers tossed nets at the entrances to trap bats while they flew, reports Darryl Fears for the Washington Post. One night in January 2018, a brightly colored bat stood out among its dark-furred neighbors also caught in the net.

[soothsayer]

1. Here he is

https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/K45UAxNlAtG4Pv7C7HWTJB-zwmE=/420x240/

[Wicked Blue]

2. Cute little punkin' face nt