Which type of bat has the odour similar to that of perfumed soap?

gmackematix

It is the Mexican Fruit Bat, aka the Jamaican Fruit Bat. A bat that fragrant is almost worth getting in your hair: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9043288 Jan 26 05, 9:04 PM

TheAlphaWolf

"A bat that fragrant is almost worth getting in your hair" by the way... bats don't do that. learn more about bats here: http://science.howstuffworks.com/bat.htm "Most bat species are not only harmless to humans, but actually beneficial. Insectivorous bats are far and away the best bug-killers on the planet. The little brown bat, one of the most common North American bat species, can catch and eat as many as 1,200 mosquitoes in one hour. The famous colony of Mexican free-tail bats that lives underneath the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas, will eat up to 30,000 pounds of insects in a single night. A Mexican free-tail colony in Bracken Cave, Texas, containing more than 20 million bats, will eat roughly 200 tons of insects in a night. These bats, and many other species, feed on insects that destroy crops, providing an invaluable service to farmers." Jan 27 05, 7:08 PM