MILWAUKEE — You know the phrase “blind as a bat?” It’s inherently inaccurate. Bats can actually see just fine. This is one of the many things experts hope to teach folks on Saturday, August 26th when the Mitchell Park Domes hosts the Wisconsin Bat Festival for the first time.
“This is a Malayan Flying Fox. This is the biggest bat species in the entire world,” said Rob Mies, Organization for Bat Conservation, Co-Founder. “They’re from Southeast Asia and in the wild, they have up to a six-foot wingspan.”
The Wisconsin Bat Program, in partnership with the Mitchell Park Domes, is focused on the vital role of bats as pollinators, seed-dispersers, and insect-eaters.
“In movies they’re always seen and talked about as vampire bats, but in reality, this is a fruit eating bat,” said Mies.
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