October 28th, 2007Top 10 Ghost Animals
Ghosts do not exist only in fiction movies and horror stories. They can be real, even if they do or do not induce nightmares and sleep impairments.
1.Indeed, the best species to impersonate a ghost is the bat. The ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas), also named the Australian False Vampire Bat, is endemic to Australia and its extremely thin patagyum (wing membrane) makes it “glow” ghostly at night. The gray fur on their backs and the white one on their undersides intensify their ghostly image.
This is the largest bat in the group of those called microchiroptera (that excludes the huge flying foxes) and it is a vicious predator, consuming besides insects frogs, lizards and mice, but also other bats. Read the rest of this entry »
