OPEN POST: Flying Foxes aka Vampire Bats Coming Soon to Peckerwood Manor!

We have some unusual residents at Peckerwood, so we also deserve some unusual animals in our sanctuary. Yes, we have unveiled our Peckerwood Animal Sanctuary with a center for wildlife and unusual animals that may be going extinct because people are assholes. Let us count the billion ways in which people are assholes - but not now because this is exciting news! 

Before our Flying Fox, Megabat, arrives, we should know a little more about this fruit bat to keep him happy. He only eats fruity things but not people, so Caza is safe. Whew. He loves the nightlife, so we need to keep the music thumping at Club PW so he can shake his booty with the insomniacs who gather nightly and take turns being DJs. Some people aren't allowed to DJ and you know who you are. No one is into Balkan folk speed metal disco at 3 in the morning, and you know who you are! Didn't you know they were doing this after-hours club? 

If you didn't, you must be one of those energetic residents who get up at the crack of dawn, all peppy, sipping coffee and chatting about your great night's sleep. Since that's not me, I am not even sure if these people aren't a nasty little myth meant to torture us night owls. 

On to our new resident. We need to name him. Floyd? Figgy? Fergus? 

These bats are social butterflies of the night; Large Flying Foxes are the extroverts at the bat party, hanging out in colonies that could rival a small town's population. They're not just about numbers, though; these bats are territorial and will have wing-spreading contests to keep their personal space during dinner time. Males are the super studs of the group, each boasting a harem of about ten females. And when it comes to their daily routine, they've got two modes: hang relax and hang alert, because even bats need their sleep.

This means we better find our guy some ladies, or he might start trying to corral a few human ladies as stand-ins.