Hi Friends,
As we were passing through the Satara Rest Camp and entered the small market inside the camp for some Ice cream and to go to washrooms etc, I checked out a tree outside the market. I was totally afraid to even watch these bats and click photos. If you zoom in this photo you will actually see their small teeth.
Bats at Satara Rest Camp inside Kruger National Park in South Africa (Local Guides @TheLifesWay)
There were flying all over the market and I really wanted to run away from that spot. But as this was something I have never felt in my life, I took out the camera and clicked some photos before leaving this place for our continued journey inside the Kruger National Park.
Bats at Satara Rest Camp inside Kruger National Park in South Africa (Local Guides @TheLifesWay)
Bats are an integral part of the Jungle ecosystem as a single bat can eat up to 2000 insects a night which will otherwise keep you from sleeping. They eat all kinds of agricultural and household pests even mosquitoes.
Bats at Satara Rest Camp inside Kruger National Park in South Africa (Local Guides @TheLifesWay)
They are part of many camps and are found in large numbers in Kruger National Parks and comes in 65 species only in South Africa out of 1200 species worldwide. SAN Parks have now tried to isolate their chalets and houses free of bats entering the houses by closing all kinds of holes in the roofs and chimney openings. This has helped the tourists to sleep perfectly well inside the rest camps but the jungle is a jungle and you can't restrict them so be prepared to stay with them as you are in their house. All the photos are taken using
Nikon D7000 using the
Sigma 70-300mm lens.
Sawubona!
Aashish Rai
#TheLifesWay #PhotoYatra
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2022
