The World's Only Pink Bat Discovered Again by Humans, This Color is Extremely Rare
Recently, the world's only pink bat was discovered. Photographer Christian Reyn photographed this extremely rare creature while diving off the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
The British 'Mirror' reported on February 18 that scientists still don't know why bats have this strange pink color, but they have ruled out that it comes from a strange diet.
It is reported that this pink bat was discovered five years ago, and photographer Christian Reyn recently photographed it near Elliot Lady Franklin Island. Reyn excitedly told 'Scientific Alert' magazine, 'I've never heard of pink bats, and when I first saw it, I thought my camera was broken'
Reyn said, 'That night later, I saw a picture of a pink bat on the restaurant's bulletin board, thinking it was a joke, until I rushed over to check the patterns in my camera'
This is not the first time a pink bat has been discovered. In 2015, a diver named Ryan Jeffery photographed one. According to 'National Geographic', this pink bat has appeared about 10 times. But scientists are still trying to investigate this strange creature and learn more about the origin of its color.
In 2016, a small slice of live tissue was taken from the bats, in an attempt to explain the bright pink color. Researchers said, 'So far, no thorough investigation of diet has been conducted, but considering the stability of the color, we believe the effect of diet can be ruled out. The current logical theory is that it is just a different and very unique expression of melanin, but this still needs to be confirmed'.
