Photographer Nicolas Reusens captured bats sucking nectar at night during a trip to Costa Rica.

A bat sucks the nectar of a colorful orange flower after being attracted by the scent. This rare image captured by the photographer is extremely impressive. (Source: Daily Mail)

Bats in Costa Rica are mainly nocturnal, one of the favorite foods of this animal is forest nectar. (Source: Daily Mail)

The bats detect blooms by sniffing the scents emanating from them. (Source: Daily Mail)

Photographer Nicolas Reusens captured these images while he and his wife were traveling to Costa Rica. (Source: Daily Mail)

As they approached the flowers, the bats began to stick out their tongues to savor the delicious stream of nectar. (Source: Daily Mail)

“I saw bats flying towards some flowers, I thought it was a wonderful sight not to be missed,” Reusens said. (Source: Daily Mail)

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