The Cape horseshoe bat is a small bat with a horseshoe-shaped nose. It lives in South Africa, flies at night, and catches insects using echolocation.
The Cape horseshoe bat is distinguished by the special shape of its nose leaf, which improves echolocation. It is beneficial for nature because it eats many harmful insects and serves as food for predators.
homogamy, reproduction always with fertilization, no alternation of generations
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Worker
birth time
breeding
Hot and almost no precipitation
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
echolocation
days
Warm summer
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Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
Nose leaf color
adult
Maturity
insects
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Repro interval
results
summer warm and almost no rain
aerial
summer warm, winter not very cold
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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rains are very rare, almost a desert
Trophic type
Filters
Mediterranean forest
Upcoming birthdays
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
nocturnal butterflies and moths
rains almost always, very humid
young are born live on land, not hatched from eggs or roe
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
Age (embryo)
Wanderers
Feeding occurs in open air space above ground or water.
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
dry, cold winter, lots of grass, few trees
Ears size
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
fruits
Lifespan average
Regeneration
live birth
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
Wings color
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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live mosquitoes and midges
Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
hot, uneven rains, lots of grass and trees
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
flight
Pets
Primary oral structure used to seize, manipulate, or ingest food.
{name} jubilee
cm
Old-timers
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Wingspan
mouth
Captures prey or food items while in active flight.
turns
Rascals
terrestrial forest
Flooded grasslands
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
Litter size
Tropical savanna
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
mosquitoes
°C
Not specified
Where are they found?
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
Summer almost without rain
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
normal sexual
Taxons
seeds, berries, fruits
almost no rain in summer, more precipitation in winter
if born as {name}
moths
beetles
age
birth date
no permanent shelter
rest
Fur color
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
hibernation
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
Potential Habitat
lots of grass, few trees, rains are rare
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
mosquitoes
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
Gestation
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
land
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On the map
lunge
Pleasant summer
Female ♀
all life stages
dry and hot summer, warm and rainy winter
Cold and almost dry
insectivore
world of Afrotropics
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
moth flies
birth year
Shelter used specifically for reproduction or nesting.
Maturity
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
comfortable summer, +20…+25 °C
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
hawking
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Very dry
Neither
from birth to adulthood
live beetles — various species
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
What do they eat?
dry and cold almost all year round
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
from birth to death
Ears color
early young
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
water often floods the land, lots of grass
world of Afrotropics
savanna
Temperate mixed forest
Duration
live insects
This is me
Warm summer with almost no rain
from 11 to 16 grams, 1.5 – 12 centimeters
Steppe
Always very wet
Gamers
How are they built?
aerial hunting with echolocation
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
terrestrial
Nose leaf size
Asexual
swap
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
inhabit and develop on land, outside water bodies
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When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Cold steppe
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
beetles
very hot and almost no precipitation
Capturing or collecting food while airborne.
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Strawberry
embryo
summer warm, many oaks, birches, maples
Length
kg
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
Observations
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