Spix Disc-Winged Bat (Thyroptera tricolor) ~ The Comfort of Family
Spix Disc-Winged Bats are always on the move. By anatomical comparison with morphologically similar species, we can calculated that their heart rate in flight is likely about 1,000 BPM (beats per minute) and at rest is likely 400 BPM! Not only do they move a lot physically, but they differ from other bats in that they make a new roost every day (they’re nocturnal). By using suction cups on their wrists, Spixies climb up newly forming leaves and suction-cup themselves to the inside to sleep. They stay in family units of 5 or 6, bundling together in the tube-like leaf to sleep the day away. I wonder what it would be like to never know where your next meal would be? Or where you’d be sleeping at the end of the day? In Philippians 4v12, Paul writes, “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living...