The second International Bat Night in Kharkiv city took place in Kharkiv Zoo on 14 of September 2013. At 17.00 p.m. 120 people (schoolchildren, young naturalists, students, pensioners, parents with children, university and zoo workers) have come to zooclub hall of Kharkiv zoo. Bat specialists Alona Gukasova, Anton Vlaschenko and Ksenia Kravchenko made multimedia presentation about bats and peculiarities of bat life in cities. Visitors were divided into two groups and besides lecture about bats, participants of Bat Night made an excursion through evening zoo, listening the story about another night animals.
During the lecture we told people about amazing world of bats, their diversity and what to do when you find a bat. After that we demonstrate life bats (serotine bat, noctule bat, brown long-ear bat and Egyptian bat). Participants listened to the sounds of bats due to special devises – ultrasound bat detectors. At the end of the event participants received informational materials about bats. It was delightful that on Sunday evening citizens of Kharkiv really enjoyed study one of the most mysterious groups of animals – bats!