# The Mexican Freetail - Link: https://mywalkabout.net/the-mexican-freetail/ - Published: 2008-05-18T03:55:00-07:00 - Author: My Walkabout [[ To end the day, I went to experience the nightly ritual of the Mexican Freetail bat. Over 350,000 of these little hairy McNuggets live in the very cave I was in earlier in the day. Each evening, they ALL emerge from the natural entrance of the cave in a counterclock wise cyclone up into the night sky. Thrilled and admittedly a little frightened, I sat in wonder as these creatures swirled and swooped within a few feet of my head as they headed out into the night sky to feast on pesky insects. The photo above was something i found to give you an idea (no photography or video is allowed as bats have a heightened sense of hearing as thus those items would detract them from returning.) AMAZING!!!!! ### Share this: * [ Email ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-mexican-freetail/?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20The%20Mexican%20Freetail&body=https%3A%2F%2Fmywalkabout.net%2Fthe-mexican-freetail%2F&share=email) * [Post](https://x.com/share) * [Share on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/share) * [ WhatsApp ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-mexican-freetail/?share=jetpack-whatsapp) * [ Nextdoor ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-mexican-freetail/?share=nextdoor) * [ Threads ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-mexican-freetail/?share=threads) * [[ * [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) * [ Reddit ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-mexican-freetail/?share=reddit) ### Like this: Like Loading… ## Comments ### By: jared - Link: https://mywalkabout.net/the-mexican-freetail/#comment-19 - Published: 2008-05-19T04:17:00-07:00 Scott your making me look bad you have all these beautiful pic of the southwest and i post a garden like knowbody has seen one of those before. anyhow your pics are great it looks like you had tons of fun. keep on traveling i love seeing the world through your perspective. Loading...