What is it? I bet it’s a bat!
This afternoon, there were 2 birds chirping so loud in the balcony like they were fighting. At a closer look, we saw they were trying to attack this small species. And in a snap, this creature flew about a meter and dropped off the floor – motionless.
It was too small – about 3 inches when it folded its wings. My daughter was screaming upon the sight of this poor creature.
I presume it ‘dropped dead’ as it only moved once when it folded its wings. Probably it was hurt by the bigger birds.
Are there bats in the UAE?
I did a quick search and found this information from Exotic Dubai website:
Several species of bats occur in the UAE. The most common insect-eating bats are the mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma muscatellum) and the sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous nudiventris) followed by the leaf-nosed bat (Asellia tridens). These are small bats with bodies only a few cms in length and a wingspan of 20 to 25cm. All three are active at night, spending their days suspended from the ceiling of a cave, in rock crevices, hollow trees or under the roofs of old buildings
Here’s a short clip as I saw it:
We have a visitor in the balcony #bat #notlocust pic.twitter.com/CoOzGUwJGT
— Boy Dubai (@IAmBoyDubai) June 3, 2020
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