Tube-nosed Bat, Paranyctimene raptor - Munbil, West Sepik, PNG

April 1986

All of these photos of bats are quite intriguing, and were you on some sort of scientific expedition? Were the bats caught via the use of nets?

It was an Australian Museum expedition in April of 1986. There were several species of these tube-nosed bats found up in the mountains, and our team leader was quite interested in them (but more interested in tree Kangaroos!). We used mist nets to get most of the bats. Local people would occassionally catch things for us too.

@Hix Sounds fascinating !