Flock of Bats

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Millions of bats fly out of Deer Cave every evening - Mulu (Borneo)

Deer Cave is home to about 4 million Wrinkle Lipped Bats that live in colonies high up in the cave ceiling. Every evening all the bats fly out in huge swarms and clouds to feed.

For more photos and information about Deer Cave, go to my Deer Cave photo series.

View my video of this swarm of bats.

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Photo taken on August 28, 2011

Marudi, Malaysia

GPS coordinates: 4.024777,114.822780 - Download KML file for Google Earth (and other mapping apps)

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