Texas is home to world-record numbers of bats.
Doesn’t it seem a little odd that Texas holds several records for the most bats? I don’t know why, but Texas feels more like armadillo-and-rattlesnake country than bat country. Still, there’s no denying that when the sun goes down, the bats come out to play in the Lone Star State.
Austin Is Home To The Largest Urban Bat Colony
One of the records belongs to Austin , which some people have nicknamed “Bat City.”
Austin holds the record for the world’s largest urban colony of Mexican free-tailed bats. These bats make their home beneath the Congress Avenue Bridge, and so far, nobody seems interested in bothering them…