With a face like plastic surgery gone wrong, the Greater Horseshoe Bat isn’t much of a looker. Not by human standards, anyway - but who’s to say horseshoe-shaped nose flaps aren’t a thing of beauty in the bat world? Plus, those nose-leafs are instrumental to echolocation, something the Greater Horseshoe Bat is exceptionally good at.

Once a cave-dweller, this species now tends to roost in old churches, barns, disused mines and tunnels. For females, these extra-creepy locations are ideal for raising pups, which they do in large maternity colonies. Since they spend most of their time doing very little, this bat can live up to 30 years in the wild! Their greatest threat? The domestic cat, who won’t hesitate to attack if it finds one flying low in the hedgerows.