Most bat species are active only during dusk and early morning. To capture the insects with which they feed and to be able to move with guarantees, they have developed an advanced sonar location technique in which the use of vision is not necessary. Biologists have concluded that adaptation to night hunting carries a number of benefits that surely explain the habits of these flying mammals. Thus, at night they not only avoid competing for the same prey with daytime predators, such as some birds, but are also safe from numerous threats.
However, not all bats are nocturnal and do not feed exclusively on insects. Unlike its cousins from temperate and cold regions, the flying fox – Pteropus samoensis -, a large bat that lives in Samoa and the Fiji Islands, can be seen during the early morning and afternoon in It looks for the flowers and fruits on which it feeds, although it usually avoids going out in the middle of the day due to the presence of hawks.
