Bats

Bats Gallery

Bats
Physical characteristics
Hair color	Brown, pink, and white
Eye color	Brown
Distinctions	•  Large ears  •  Wings
Sociocultural characteristics
Habitat	•  Marsh  •  Savanna
Dominions	•  Marsh  •  Pride Lands

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Echolocation. The bats make a sound, then listen for the echo. Depending on how loud it is, the bats know which tunnel to take. If it's a loud echo, it's a dead-end. But if the echo fades away, then there's an opening, and that's the right tunnel. ―Ono[src]

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Bats are a species of animal native to the marsh and the Pride Lands.

History

Termite infestation

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The whole thing's coming down! We gotta wake up the bats! ―Kion, as the Mekundu bats' tree collapses[src]

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One day, Ono reported to the rest of the Lion Guard that the Mekundu bats were asleep inside a collapsing tree. The team hastened to the tree and yelled for the bats to wake up, to no avail. Eventually, Bunga climbed inside the tree and woke the bats up, which caused them to swarm out of the tree. Once the bats had gone, the tree collapsed, and the Lion Guard realized that it had been weakened due to a termite infestation.^[1]

Makini and Ono's trip to the marsh

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Bats. Why did it have to be bats? ―Ono[src]

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While in the marsh, Makini and Ono fell into a deep hole. The two began to explore a network of underground tunnels, during which they got swarmed by bats. Once the bats had gone, Ono got the idea to use echolocation to navigate out of the underground.^[2]

Physical characteristics

Bats are small- to medium-sized creatures, with large ears, pig-like snouts, and wings. Most bats in the Pride Lands have brown fur, with patches of white on their foreheads and chests, and brown eyes.^[1] Bats in the marsh have cream and brown fur with pink wings.^[2]

Sociocultural characteristics

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The bats make clicking noises like I was doing, but they're louder and higher-pitched, so they create clear echoes. ―Ono[src]

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In the Pride Lands, bats live in groups inside hollow trees.^[1] In the marsh, they live in underground tunnels. Bats are known to navigate dark spaces by using echolocation.^[2]

Appearances

Films The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar Mufasa: The Lion King Television series The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa "South Sea Sick" "Jamaica Mistake?" "Timon...Alone" "Pig-Malion" The Lion Guard "Too Many Termites" "Baboons!" "Beware the Zimwi" "Lions of the Outlands" "Ono and the Egg" "Marsh of Mystery" Video games Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa Books Mufasa: The Lion King Novelization No Worries: A New Story About Simba Comics King for a Day (mentioned) On His Own Four Paws The Lost City of Gonzolanga The Night Mission Magazine stories Hakuna Matata The Missing Monkey Home, Sweet Home Wiseguy the Owl Rafiki Remembers The Coming of Darkness The Flying Lion (mentioned)

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Revealed in "Too Many Termites" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 1, Episode 15. Written by Elise Allen and directed by Howy Parkins. Originally aired July 15, 2016.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Revealed in "Marsh of Mystery" from Disney Junior's The Lion Guard. Season 3, Episode 5. Written by Kendall Michele Haney and directed by Howy Parkins. Originally aired September 15, 2019.