The Sucker-Footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita)

Myzopoda aurita ready to cling! - photo by Daniel Riskin This is the sucker-footed bat, or Myzopoda aurita - myzo meaning "suck," poda meaning "foot." Though contrary to its name and what was previously thought, it does not adhere to surfaces by means of suction but rather by wet adhesion, as research by Daniel Riskin and Paul Racey has discovered. These little guys (and girls) are two inches long and weigh 1/3 of an ounce. They roost head-up, way up in the furled leaves (that open at the…

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