Masked Seducer Bats (I’m not making this up)

Apparently there is a species of bat (the wrinkle-faced bat) that masks up and sings in the night to lure a mate.  See the above and below photos to see unmasked vs masked.  

The bat’s face is covered in wrinkles and ridges, and it raises a furry mask to cover everything but its eyes.  And of course, it sings.

Here’s a direct quote from the article in PLoS ONE: “The species has a bizarrely wrinkled face and lacks the characteristic nose leaf”

So, Erik would have indeed been quite the Don Juan had he been born a bat.  He’d have had his choice of all the ladies :) Who knew?  Sometimes science is stranger than fiction.

The articles are here if interested:

https://apple.news/An-CkGdaPRJmUBj13rMRxeg