Protected Nature Monuments - Plitvice Caves

Plitvice Lakes National Park boasts with 114 speleological objects, and some of them are so valuable that they have been additionally protected as nature monuments. One unusually important group of bioindicators finds refuge in these objects - bats. These night fliers play crucial roles in forest regeneration process; they pollinate numerous plants and disperse seeds, as well as control insect populations as the primary predators of night-flying insects.

For many bat species, a new mating season begins with fall; males very often make unusual calls to attract females like clicks, purrs or buzzing. Depending on species, the gestation period can range from 40 days to even six months, so their long pregnancies with very few offspring raise a big conservation issue because they are very susceptible to various threats such as habitat loss, pollution, disease, and other fatalities. Bats are also starting to concentrate on building up fat reserves for the upcoming winter months.

Consider arranging a guided tour to get a better picture of the importance and the sensitivity of caves.

Explore nature monuments, caves:
Golubinjača
Šupljara
Crna pećina

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