Bat

Bats sleep in caves, wake together and sometimes pursue prey to the surface.

Hand-colored natural-history study: Bat

Bats rest at fixed roosts underground. Waking one can disturb others nearby. In flight they strike slimes on the move, then return to their roosting area after a limited hunt. Several nearby roosts can turn one disturbance into a hunting group.

Prey need not remain on the same level. Under suitable conditions, a bat follows through a shaft and remembers the way back. Daylight makes the surface dangerous and sends it back underground. A familiar entrance can become a predator's route at night and its way home in the morning.