Bat Cave!

Monfort Bay Sanctuary in located on Samal Island in the Philippines.  According to the Guiness Book of World Records,  it is the single largest colony of it's kind.  There are an estimated 1.8  million Rousette fruit bats that call this place home.  Rousette fruits eat about 1.5 to 3 times their body weight each night of fruits and nectar. Fruit bats search in a 30 mile range and are nocturnal.  The bats in Monfort Bat Sanctuary are  unusual because they are killed for food by crows, rats, pythons, feral dogs/ cats and lizards.  Typically most other types of fruit bats survive these attacks. The land is privately owned by the Indigo-Monfort family who has maintained the property since 1900s.   The owners have attempted to secure the entrance to the cave with a fence to discourage bat hunters.  She also has hired guards to protect the bats.  The bats are so abundant that the bat can easily been seen from outside any of the caves five entrances. Late afternoon the bats take flight and is the best time to visit the sanctuary.  About 400 students visit the sight daily :).