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"Crop saver!
Native to the Midwest, the big brown bat eats a variety of insects and agricultural pests including June bugs, green stinkbugs, and cucumber beetles.
The cucumber beetle’s larva, the corn root worm probably causes more crop damage than any other agricultural pest in the United States.
Without the big brown bat crop damage would be much more extensive.",
"Get out of my bat cave!
The gray bat is an endangered bat only found in the central United States.
Gray bats hibernate in large colonies in caves during the winter.
Destruction by vandals and disturbance by spelunkers and tourists are the main reasons why the gray bat is now in danger.",
"That's a new one.
The Indiana bat was the last mammal in the state of Pennsylvania to be identified as a new species.
Indiana bats are black and gray, and can be distinguished from more common bats by their pink lips.
Only two caves in Pennsylvania are known to house these flying mammals.",
"Short and quick.
One of the bigger types of the “small” bats is the Big Brown Bat, which can get up to 5 inches in size and weigh 5/8 of an ounce.
Bats are small in comparison to other mammals. The Big Brown Bat is one of the larger species of the subspecies of small bats.
The lightness of their bodies allows them to move with incredible speed and precision as they hunt for food and avoid predators.",
"Gone fishin'.
Fishing bulldog bats are a specific species of bat that eat fish. The adaptations fishing bulldog bats have made is they have claws and hind legs.
Their hooked claws are long and can spear fish from the water.
The presence of hind legs is also a helpful adaptation.
Once the fish has been speared the fish is held in the legs and wings and the fishing bulldog bat can devour the fish with their sharp teeth in a matter of seconds.
The fishing bulldog bat can be found in South America.",
"That's my spot.
Large-footed male Myotis bats often fight with each other. They fight over flying and roosting space; and over females during mating season.
They have mouse-like ears and very large feet to help them catch insects as they fly low over the water. Narrow wings help them fly faster than other bats. ",
"Did you hear that?
White-striped freetail bats are one of the few bats with echolocation calls which can be heard by humans.
They are chocolate brown in color and have white stripes down the sides of their body.
They have a wrinkled face, large ears and a long tail.
Freetail bats get their name from their tail which extends past the skin that stretches between their back legs. ",
"Wrong anmal trapped!
The pallid bat is often caught in mousetraps.
It is unusual for a bat because it often feeds on the ground.
It is also different from other species in that it beats its wings much more slowly than other bats – only 10 or 11 beats per second.",
"Fly like a butterfly.
Rafineque’s big-eared bat can hover like a butterfly.
This bat feeds primarily on moths, and its ability to hover in the air makes it easy to pluck insects from foliage.
It has large ears which are coiled against the side of its head, similar to a ram. When it is disturbed it unfolds its big ears.",
"GPS.
The silver-haired bat has a well developed homing instinct.
With a homing instinct to rival the best pigeons, one bat traveled 107 miles to its home roost.
It gets its name from the silver tipped hairs on its back, which give it a silver frosted appearance.",
"Come fly with me.
The bat is the only mammal that has the ability to fly.
Even flying squirrels cannot fly. They glide or parachute instead.
However, the bat has muscle-powered wings that make them unique.
Unlike birds, which tend to have their wings squared against their rib cage, a bat’s wings are connected at their shoulders.
Their wings are made up primarily of a thin membrane with blood vessels, tendons, and nerves.",
"Don't believe everything you hear.
In China, the bat is highly regarded as a sign of good luck and happiness.
In many countries, however, the bat is regarded with fear and suspicion.
With the tall tales of vampires, which turn into bats, sucking blood, talk of bats spreading disease, and the belief that bats are dirty animals, it is no wonder people believe that the bat is a sign of a bad omen.
However, most of the rumors about bats are false.
In truth, bats are actually helpful since they help to control the population of the insects they eat and they can even spread seeds and pollinate flowers.",
"‘Blind as a Bat’'.
Bats do have the ability to see though their other senses are much more highly developed than their sight.
They rely on echolocation to hunt prey. Most bats feast on a wide array of insects including gnats, crickets, and moths.
To find out the location of the insect, a bat will emit a high-pitched supersonic sound.
The sound will echo off the insect and based on the echo the bat can track down food.",
"There are three kinds of bats in North America which eat fruits and flowers.
The vast majority of bats eat insects. However, three species of bat eat fruits and flowers instead.
Other than these three species, the bats that are flower eaters mainly live in the tropics.
These bats feast on pollen, petals, and nectar.
Instead of using echolocation to find food, they use vision and scent.
The fruit and flower these bats eat is usually dark brown in color and has a sour taste.",
"Nighttime is the right time.
Bats are nocturnal and spend most of their time inside caves or other dark shelters.
Bats spend the day sleeping, grooming, and resting. They stay in a dark, secluded places and come out after the sun has set to feed.
They come out once again right before the sun rises.
Bats spend most of their time in caves. In fact, most bats only come out to eat.
The benefits of being nocturnal ensure the bat has plenty of food to survive. There are also fewer predators out at night that can keep up with the speed of a bat.",
"Bats are the second most populous species of mammals.
Bats are second in number, behind only the rodents.
There are over 900 different species of bat in the world. Of these species, at least 24 are native to the United States.",
"There are 60 species of bats that are endangered.
Every bat species has its purpose. Many bats help control the bug and pest populations.
Bats have become endangered because of human interference in their habitat.
People are not usually fond of bats believing they are disease spreading, dirty creatures.
This is not true of the vast majority of bats, though this has not stopped the random cave fires and poisonings that destroy thousands of bats each year.",
"There are two sub-orders of bats: large bats & small bats.
The bat species is split up into groups by size. The first sub-order of bat is the large bats.
These big bats can measure up to 6 feet from wingtip to wingtip!
The second sub-order of bat is the small bats. The smallest bats are tiny little creatures that are less than an inch in length.
This makes them hard to spot since they can hide in incredibly small spaces.",
"Adopt-a-bat.
Bats are maternal mammals who have been known to adopt other bats.
Young bats are vulnerable to many things during the first month of their lives. Though they grow up quickly, a baby bat relies on its mother for food and other essential things.
An orphaned bat has less of a chance of surviving if they are not taken under the wing of another older bat.
One at a time.
Bats reproduce very slowly, with one (or in rare instances two) young bat(s) being born each year per mother.
The young bats usually mature in size and flying ability by the time they are one month old.
However, most bats only give birth one time per year, and this falls between May and July.
Banana split.
Without bats, we would not be able to grow bananas since bats help pollinate them. Fruit and flower eating bats help to pollinate other flowers and spread seeds so new plants can grow.
One of the main fruits bats help to pollinate is the banana.
Bats also pollinate dates, cashews, figs, mangoes, and other plants that are found in the tropics.
In fact, the rainforest depends on these bats to keep new plants growing and the population of the rainforest thriving as a result.",
"Not everything is so black and white.
Bats see in black, white and shades of gray. They generally have large eyes and excellent eyesight.
They aren’t blind as many people think, but have much better night vision than day vision.
Like dolphins and whales, bats rely on echolocation to find their meals. Using echolocation, bats can tell the difference between a tree, a building and an insect.",
"A long trip.
One species of bat travels 2,400 miles every year.
Bats live in large social groups and roost upside down in caves, trees or buildings.
Some bats migrate to warmer climates during the winter months, others choose to hibernate.",
"There are two major groups of bats.
Mega (megachiroptera) bats are medium to large sized bats which eat fruit, pollen, nectar, small animals and fish.
Micro (microchiroptera) bats are small bats that mostly eat insects.
There are 19 families of bats, 951 different bat species, and over 60 bats listed as endangered.",
"Get ready for take off!
Most bats take flight by dropping from a hanging position. Very few bats can take off from the ground.
When landing, bats slow down until they stall, then grab hold of a nearby branch.
More athletic bat species perform a little forward flip before they grab hold of something.",
"Exterminator!
Roughly 70 percent of all bats eat insects. Their diet predominantly consists of mosquitoes, flies, beetles and cockroaches.
In Austin, Texas one colony of bats eats 30,000 pounds of mosquitoes every night. With an estimated 1.5 million bats, it is the largest urban colony in North America.",
"A mother knows.
Amongst a roost of millions of bats, a mother can easily locate her pup. A mother bat locates her pup by its scent and sound.
Females generally have one pup per year, although multiple births are common in a few species.
They nurse their pups for between 2 and 6 months before they teach it to fly and find food.",
"Watch and enjoy!
Bats in the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico are a major tourist attraction.
Brazilian free-tailed bats emerge from the depths of the caverns in a counter-clockwise spiral at sunset, ascending 150 to 180 feet into the air.
5,000 to 10,000 bats emerge each minute and form a dark cloud, visible miles away.
At sunrise, they return to the cave, plummeting down from heights of 600 to 1,000 feet at speeds of more than 25 miles per hour.",
"Flap your arms.
A bat's wing is similar to an outstretched human hand with membrane between the fingers that stretches between the hand and body.
The scientific name for bat is ‘chiroptera’ which comes from the Greek word meaning ‘hand wing’.",
"Watch it grow.
Bat excrement is sold as a garden fertilizer. For many decades, people have been using bat droppings, called ‘guano’ as fertilizer for crops.
More recently, scientists have extracted enzymes from the bacteria which live exclusively in guano and used these for the manufacture of laundry detergents and other commercial cleaning products.",
"Clean as a whistle.
Bats groom themselves carefully and are very clean animals.
They are also resistant to most diseases.",
"Getting up there in years.
For their size, bats are the world’s longest-living mammals.
Bats often live longer than 30 years, which is the equivalent of a human living to be over 100 years.
The oldest bat captured was a banded myotis and was 39 years old.",
"Not always such a bad reputation.
A colony of bats increases real estate value in Scotland. Bats are depicted as symbols of good luck and happiness in China.
In West Africa, the bat is considered the physical manifestation of a separable soul.
Native American Indians saw the bat as a protector and often painted bats on the corners of sand paintings to guard their artwork. ",
"Every hair on your head.
Bats do not get entangled in human's hair.
Their echolocation is so finely tuned, they can detect the difference between a strand of hair and a mosquito.
They may fly close by in pursuit of an insect though.",
"Poor sense of direction.
Some bats actually get lost in caves.
Hoary bats roost in trees with dense leaf coverage with an open area below. They have been found roosting in woodpecker's holes and gray squirrel nests.
Occasionally they will enter caves in the late summer, but unable to find their way out, die inside the cave.
In fact, this bat has trouble staying in trees, and this problem is a source of their mortality rate.
Females are often found after falling from the roost with their young clinging to their backs.
The problem is worse after a heavy rain when her fur and that of her young become waterlogged, making her drop like a ripe piece of fruit.",
"Natural birth.
Each female bat gives birth to one baby called a pup.
Mothers give birth while hanging upside down. She curls her tail membrane into a cup to cradle the pup.
The pup remains attached to the mothers umbilical cord for up to an hour.
This allows time for the mother and pup to learn one another's voice and scent before separating.",
"Slam on the brake.
When bats brake they fold in one wing and use the other independently.
Bats can also fly backwards and hover.
There are several species of nectar-feeding bats that are capable of hovering in front of a flower, feeding, and then backing out of the flower, just like hummingbirds.",
"Better than you thought.
Bats produce a product that we use in industry and even in antibiotics.
Bat droppings, known as guano, support whole ecosystems of unique organisms, including bacteria useful in detoxifying wastes, improving detergents, and producing gasohol and antibiotics.
Ammonia and phosphates can also be found in guano. Phosphates are one of the principal agents in cleaning supplies and fertilizers.
Scientists have found that certain enzymes found in guano make great cleaners as well and have been incorporated into all sorts of detergents.
It is a high source of nitrogen so it makes a rich fertilizer. Saltpeter used in artillery shells was once made from bat guano.",
"Target practice.
Bats use echolocation to target their prey.
The echolocation used by bats helps discern characteristics, velocity, size, flutter, range, azimuth and elevation of their targets.
One fish-eating bat can detect something the size of a human hair above the surface of the water.
This fine-tuned capability, based in the bat's nervous system, allow bats to resolve echo-reflecting points on an object as close together as three-tenths of a millimeter, about the width of a pen line on paper.
Such image resolution is significantly better than any man-made sonar.",
"Coasting along.
Mexican free-tailed bats can fly up to speeds of 34 mph (55 km/h).
Their wings are long and narrow, which helps with rapid flight.
They can also fly up to 2 miles high to catch tail-winds that carry them over long distances.",
"Who knew?
There are 1,000 different species of bats.
Since there are a total of 4,600 different species of mammals, bats account for almost 1/4 of all mammal species.",
"Bats are the leading cause of rabies in the United States.
Bat bites led to 12 of the 25 cases of rabies seen in the United States since 1980. Dogs are a close second.",
"Bat bombs?.
In the United States, there was a World War II proposal to drop bats carrying tiny incendiary bombs over Japan, hence creating bat bombs.
The plan was to set the incendiary bombs on timed ignition, so that they would explode after the bats had roosted in Japanese buildings, causing widespread fires and chaos.
Initiated by the Army in 1942, the project was given to the Navy, where it was renamed Project X-Ray and was quickly passed off to the Marine Corps.
Bat bombs were never used operationally and the program was cancelled in 1944 without any reason given.
It is thought that the project was moving too slowly and was beaten out of the race for the quick end of the war by the Atom Bomb project.",
"Go underground.
Horseshoe bats mainly live underground.
They are predominantly found in caves, tunnels and mines.
The name horseshoe bat comes from the fleshy areas of skin around the bat's nose which is shaped like a horseshoe.",
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