Watch as a ‘visitor’ sneaks by sleeping bats in a hot Arizona barn. Can you spot it?
A “visitor” sneaked by sleeping bats in a hot Arizona barn — and somehow didn’t bother any of the resting animals, a video shows.
The bats were seen in an Aug. 3 video in an old adobe barn in the Cluff Ranch Wildlife Area near Pima, the Arizona Game and Fish Department said in a Facebook post.
A desert spiny lizard then crawled alongside the winged animals and stayed for nearly two minutes before scurrying down the wall, the video recorded by the agency’s live bat camera shows.
The bats cluster together along a wall to cool off during hot parts of the day, wildlife viewing program manager Jeff Meyers told McClatchy News in an email.
“They are there to catch the insects that the bats’ activity is stirring up,” Meyers said in the email. “They do not interact much with the bats directly, but neither do they pose a threat to the bats.”
The best time to see the bats on camera is from early May through the end of September. They rest during the day and fly around and hunt for bugs in the evening.
There are 28 bat species in Arizona, according to wildlife officials.
Pima is about 160 miles southeast of Phoenix.
