Bat-astic
on Rob Wootton (Zambia), 13/Nov/2011 19:20, 34 days ago
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Next it was time for more wildlife watching but of a very different kind– millions of bats! Five of us (Mike and I plus three good Italian friends – Roberto, Lucia and Sue) travelled to Kasanka National Park (http://www.kasanka.com/) to witness the migration of fruit bats which takes place in November and December every year. It was without doubt a spectacular sight as early one morning (something like 5am) and a couple of times at sunset the sky was filled with approximately 5 or 6 million fruit bats; though we were not sure who was counting them. The screeching of the bats echoed around us and for the sunrise viewing we climbed up a 15metre high hide which meant that the bats were within touching distance flying over our heads. It was all quite an amazing, surreal experience.
