Go for gold can often find themselves in the heartbreaker defeat, as an intrepid stick learned last week when a mortally wounded Russian domestic cat and left for death when it was 127 miles short of a flying flight world record.
In a statement published by the Conservation Trust Bat in the United Kingdom (BCT), the long distance leaflet – a pipistrellus of nicknamed “Olympic Bat” by scientists – had already stolen 1,253.9 miles (2018 km) across Europe. From his starting point in the United Kingdom when his trek ended in the Russian village of Moglino.
There, an unidentified cat shot down the leaflet, seriously wounding and leaving her for death on the floor. The wounded bat was discovered by a Moglin resident who notified a conservation group of the local bats, which came and saved, but they were unable to save his life. It only weighed 8 grams and was the size of an inch.
The bat also had a ring on his arm with the London Zoo written on it, so the group was notified of the BCT. It turns out that the bat has been marked by a volunteer bat, Brian Briggs, in Bedfont Lakes Country Park near Heathrow, London, 2016.
“This is very exciting,” said Briggs. “It is great to be able to contribute to international conservation to protect such extraordinary animals and learn more about their fascinating lives. »
The longest ever-recorded bat theft, according to LiveScience, was also by P. Nathusii, it flying from Latvia to Spain in 2019, covering a distance of 1,381 miles (2,223km).
There are silver medals at the Olympic Games if, and Olympique Bat have managed to record the second longest flight of bats ever recorded. He broke some records in his own right, including the longest ugly the longest flight of the United Kingdom, and the longest flight of bat during a migration to the west to the east. .
“His career is an exciting scientific discovery and another piece of the bats of bats,” said Lisa Worldge, Chief of Conservation Services at the BCT, said. “The movements of the Pipistrelle of Nathusius around the United Kingdom and between the United Kingdom and the continent remain largely mysterious. »
“This is a remarkable and longest course we know of any Batagne bat across Europe,” added Wordge. “Which Olympian!
According to BCT, the National Nathusiu of the Pipistral Project, launched in 2014, recorded more than 2,600 P. Nathusii in the United Kingdom to help consider species habits of reproduction, migration of behaviors and distribution. Understand how and where these bats migrate as well as where they have created maternity colonies is essential for conservation efforts.