Tent-Making Bats

Honduran white bats. Photo: Charlie Jackson, via Wikimedia Commons.

In the tropical forests of Central and South America, skilled architects create intricate structures without the help of blueprints, tools, or even hands. Using only their teeth and claws, certain bats can fashion leaves into cozy tents.

Read my article on the National Geographic Explorers studying tent-making bats: These Bats Make Intricate Tents Out of Leaves.