I Know That Most Bats,

eat insects, some drink nectar, and that some drink blood,

but I never knew that there were fishing bats that eat fish, until now, the Mexican fishing bat, (Myotis vivesi), is a species of bat that lives around the Gulf of California, and feeds on fish and crustaceans, it is the largest species of the genus Myotis in the Americas, and has exceptionally large feet, which it uses in hunting, and above is a video of Edward Hurme, a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland who is working in partnership with Tel-Aviv University and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, looking for them by the Sea of Cortez, they emerge from the boulder-covered hillsides on Isla Partida, the Mexican fishing bat is as much a marine mammal as any whale or sea lion, and night, according to Hurme, “is when the magic happens.” all night, the bats swoop across the sea surface, snagging fish that still elude capture by the researchers despite their boats, nets, and high-tech gear, this video follows Hurme and his team in action, as they untangle the mystery of how these endangered bats find their prey, like many animals the tiny bat is under threat, due to the introduction of cats and rats in the bats habitat, due to its size I have resized the video if you want to see it in full definition it is here, fishing bats who would have thought it!