![Newsflash: Bats can swim ... and they're surprisingly good at it | Animal Behaviour | Earth Touch News Newsflash: Bats can swim ... and they're surprisingly good at it | Animal Behaviour | Earth Touch News](https://www.earthtouchnews.com/media/1946186/bat_swimming_2016-07-28.jpg)
Newsflash: Bats can swim ... and they're surprisingly good at it | Animal Behaviour | Earth Touch News
![Bats in the Bay Area: Why they matter, and what we can do for them | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Bats in the Bay Area: Why they matter, and what we can do for them | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy](https://www.parksconservancy.org/sites/default/files/Myotis_yumanensis_2x1.jpg)
Bats in the Bay Area: Why they matter, and what we can do for them | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
![Manuel Ruiz-Aravena on X: "Have you ever seen bats drinking water ? They really display their full control of flight to wet their chest and belly and then do 'bat things'... just Manuel Ruiz-Aravena on X: "Have you ever seen bats drinking water ? They really display their full control of flight to wet their chest and belly and then do 'bat things'... just](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EE0qq2mU4AAlbYY.jpg)
Manuel Ruiz-Aravena on X: "Have you ever seen bats drinking water ? They really display their full control of flight to wet their chest and belly and then do 'bat things'... just
BatBnB - Love the way that bats drink! 💦They collect water on their belly fur then find a branch to hang upside down on to lick it off. 😅 Amazing capture by @
![To grab a quick drink bats skim the surface of pools of water. They cannot land, so they dip down, skim the surface with their mouths open, then fly out all in To grab a quick drink bats skim the surface of pools of water. They cannot land, so they dip down, skim the surface with their mouths open, then fly out all in](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/16/article-1213851-0674C1BF000005DC-384_634x827.jpg)