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Short-tailed bats feeding

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Short-tailed bats spend a lot of their time at night hunting for insect food among the forest litter. This group are finding good pickings on Codfish Island.

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Veronika Meduna, Bats – Lesser short-tailed bats and long-tailed bats, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/9751/short-tailed-bats-feeding (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Veronika Meduna, published 1 March 2009.