Baby Bats!

Here are some pictures of the bats that were born in our lab around 16 April, 2000.  These are baby big brown bats whose mother was pregnant when she arrived in our lab.  These bats are twins, a male and a female, which is pretty standard for big brown bats east of the Mississippi river.   The mom's name is Poly, and the babies are named Gyny and Andy.

Here are the babies at about a day or two old:

	Here's one of the babies.  You can see its rear feet and thumbs are very well developed.
	One of the twins resting on a sock in its cage.
	Even bats need hugs!
	A shot of the two exploring a glove together.

Unfortunately, we didn't get around to taking more pictures until they were about a month old.