Infrared Footage Rewrites the Tale of the World’s Largest Carnivorous Bat
Infrared cameras in Costa Rica captured a four-member family of Vampyrum spectrum, revealing social behaviors—food sharing, grooming, and a 'cuddle ball' sleep cluster—and occasional cooperative foraging, challenging the long-held view that the world’s largest carnivorous bat hunts solitarily and highlighting conservation concerns tied to habitat loss.