Fledermausmeeting │zu Fuß

In the organizer's words:

Bats are mammals that can fly. They are endangered because there are unfortunately
fewer and fewer insects and refuges for them. The Adenauer Weiher is a small paradise
for bats in the city. There is plenty of dead wood in the forest here where insects
can live. Here we experience an impressive natural phenomenon in the middle of the city.
A bat consumes between 1,000 and 2,000 mosquitoes per night. Their orientation
works with ultrasound: bats emit sounds that are inaudible to us and process the echoes into a spatial
process the echoes into a spatial "auditory image". Susanne Roer lets us hear their sounds with the help of an
ultrasonic detector to hear their sounds.
When the common noctule bat and the common pipistrelle bat go on the hunt for mosquitoes, things get wild
in Cologne.
Duration: approx. 120 minutes
Expert: Susanne Roer
Meeting point: Jahnwiesen/Guts-Muths-Weg 3, 50933 Cologne (Astoria parking lot)

Vacation in Cologne - Discover your city!
July 12 to 27, 2025
All information & tours at: www.urlaubinkoeln.de

A project of the Akademie för uns kölsche Sproch/SK Stiftung Kultur.
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