Cracker by Damian Christie

Thank you Damian for a very enjoyable post and video clips.

Thanks Rochelle, it was very enjoyable doing it :)

That was a pretty cool post, thanks Damian.

I think the Bat detectors sound awesome

I wonder if they'd be at all useful anywhere near Wellington...

Wow - they are seriously tiny creatures, thanks for a great story. Do they really echo-locate at 40 Hz ? Bats are often associated with ultrasound so perhaps you meant 40 kHz (aka 40,000 Hertz). Or 40 ultrasound clicks per second ?

Do they really echo-locate at 40 Hz

Where were you when I needed fact-checking :)

If you look at the video you can see the detectors say 'khz' on them, and the dial is set to 40.0, so I guess you're right, yes!

Lovely story, thanks for sharing. I reckon a fear of bats is not all that weird given their well known role as reservoirs of infectious disease. Even our NZ bats ..