Arent They

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Bats Are Beautiful

• Arent They?

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Did You Know...

• There are nearly 1,000 different species of bats.

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Did You Know...

• Bats are mammals.
• They make up ¼ of all the mammal species on
  earth.
• Bats are the only mammals that can fly.
• To learn more about mammals, click here.

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Did You Know...

• Bats are divided into 2 categories megabats and
  microbats.
• Mega means big and micro means small.

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Did You Know...

• The largest megabat, the Flying Fox bat, can have
  a wingspan of 6 feet across and weigh up to 3
  pounds. The Flying Fox lives only in Asia and
  Australia.

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Did You Know...

• The bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than
  a penny---is the smallest mammal in the world.

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Did You Know...

• Bats are not blind but, since they are nocturnal
  (awake at night), hearing is their dominant
  sense. They use echolocation (bat sonar) to
  locate insects.

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Did You Know...

• One Little Brown bat can catch 600 mosquitoes in
  one hour.
• The 20 million Mexican Free-Tail bats that live
  in Bracken Cave, Texas, eat 250 tons of insects
  each night!

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Did You Know...

• An African Heart-Nosed bat can hear a beetle
  walking from more than 6 feet away.

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Did You Know...

• Vampire bats feed mostly off of livestock. The
  animals do not die from the bites.
• They do not suck blood, they lick it.
• Vampire bats adopt orphan bats to care for.