Honduran White Bat

The Honduran white bat constructs tents out of understory plant leaves by strategically cutting the leaf ribs with its teeth. During the day, it lives in these ‘leaf tents’.

Because of habitat loss, it is listed as near-threatened by the IUCN. (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
Authors suggest that the colour difference of male and female nose leaves is indicative of sexual dichromatism, meaning that females would rather pick males with brighter nose leaves. This conclusion was supported by the trend that males with brighter yellow nose-leaves tended to have better body conditions. Females could thus use nose-leaf colour as a metric of male fitness when selecting a mate.

Glaucus Atlanticus

With the aid of a gas-filled sac in its stomach, Glaucus atlanticus floats at the surface. Due to the location of the gas sac, it floats upside down, where it is carried along by the winds and ocean currents.

It also makes use of countershading: the blue side of their body faces upwards, blending in with the water. The silver/grey side of the sea slug faces downwards, blending in with the ocean when viewed facing upwards underwater.

These sea slugs are pelagic, meaning that they inhabit the upper layers of the open sea. Glaucus atlanticus feed on other pelagic creatures, including the Portuguese man o’ war and other venomous siphonophores (A group of animals that includes the corals and true jellyfish). This sea slug stores stinging nematocysts from its prey within its tissues as protection against predators. Humans handling the slug may receive an extremely painful and potentially fatal sting.

Sarcastic Fringehead

The sarcastic fringehead is a small but hardy saltwater fish equipped with a large mouth and aggressive territorial behavior, giving it its peculiar name. This fascinating fish lives off the coast of California and Baja California in the northeast Pacific Ocean.

When two fringeheads have a territorial battle, they wrestle by driving their distended mouths against each other. This then allows them to determine which is the larger fish, which establishes dominance.

Sarcastic fringeheads are a species of tube blenny and tend to hide inside shells or crevices, though some have been found living in man-made objects such as bottles and soda cans. Not much is known about the feeding habits of the sarcastic fringehead, but scientists presume that the oversized mouths of the males may negatively affect their ability to feed. Most tube blennies feed on very small planktonic prey, but this species is unable to suction feed.

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