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This is a Weird Darkness Bonus Bite. Scientists on Wednesday announced the discovery

of a new bat species in Africa that has a striking mix of fiery orange and black colors

according to reports. The new Halloween-Hude bat, myotus Nimbiancis,

was found after scientists set out on an expedition in 2018 to survey the habitat of an endangered

bat species in the West African country of Guinea, according to the New York Times.

It was kind of a live goal in a way. One that I never thought would happen, said Dr.

John Flanders, director of endangered species interventions at Bat Conservation International,

the nonprofit organization based in Austin, Texas. He continued, every species is important,

but you get drawn to the interesting looking ones and this one really is spectacular.

However, it took roughly two years to determine the myotus Nimbiancis was a new species. The

bat's name for Guinea's Nimbum Mountains where it was discovered. The confirmation and

details on the find were published Wednesday and the journal American Museum Novitates.

When I saw it for the first time, I thought it was a common species, said Dr. Eric Bakwell

Fills, a bat expert at the University of Moral in Cameroon according to the paper. Scientists

said they found this pumpkin orange bat mixed in with the usual brown ones and their trap,

originally believing it to be just a weirdly colored one. Dr. Flanders and Dr. Bakwell Fills

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