Bat Powerpoint: Characteristics, Habitat, Behavior

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Bat
By KV
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Characteristics

• Bats are mammals
• They are the only mammals that can fly
• Usually only a couple of ounces in weight
• The most recognizable feature of a bat is its
  wings.
• Their wings are made of stretchy elastic skin
• Insect eating bats have big ears and small eyes
• Fruit eaters have small ears and larger eyes

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Characteristics

• They have poor eyesight
• Their toes have five fingers and tiny thumbs
• Small, sharp, pointy teeth that are 2-3 mm long
• Many bat species are endangered

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Habitat

• They live in caves
• damp, moist, and very humid
• They can also live in houses, hollow trees, and
  sheds
• May migrate or hibernate in cold winter months

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Diet

• Insect eating bats eat insects
• mainly moths and mosquitoes
• Fruit eaters eat fruit like mangos
• Some very small bats eat nectar
• The vampire bat drinks blood birds, lizards, and
  occasionally humans

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Behavior

• Uses echolocation
• Sound bounces off objects
• Nocturnal
• Live in coloniesbig groups
• Can eat millions of mosquitoes every night.
• Baby bats are called pups
• Mothers find babies by sound and smell