What am I ?I AM ARE DARK TYPE ANIMAL

I LIVE IN THE DARK I COME OUT IN THE DARK

I SLEEP IN THE LIGHT I AM BOTH MEAT AND PLANT EATERS

I HAVE WINGSBUT MY BODYS LIKE A RAT ?????

YES I AM A

BAT!!!

BY CHENCHEN ZHAO

DID YOU KNOW ?

THAT MAMMALS CAN GLIDE THROUGH THE

AIR BUT BATS ARE THE ONLY MAMMALS

CAPABLE OF POWERED FLIGHT USING THEIR FLAPPING WINGS .

THE VAMPIRE BAT IS NAMED AFTER THE BLOOD DRINKING BATS

OF THE FAMILY DESMODONTIDAE . AS MAMMALS THEY

ARE WARM BLOODED, AS BAT’S THEY USE THERE NOSE, EYES,

FEET, HANDS, AND WINGS THE MOST.

BAT’S USE THERE NOSE TO FIND ANDIDENTIFY CERTAIN FOOD AND TO RECOGNIZE

ROOST, MATES, AND YOUNG.

FRUIT EATING BATS CAN FIND THEIR FOOD

BY THE SMALL OF RIPING FRUIT

NECTAR SEEKING BATS’SGATHER POLLEN IN THEIR SHOUT, ANDBY GOING FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER

HELP CREATE NEW PLANT.

MOST PEOPLE SAY BATS ARE BLIND BUT BATSARE NOT BLIND, FOR EXAMPLE FLYING FOX BATHAVE A VERY GOOD EYE SIGHT AND THEY USE THEIR EYES ALONG WITH THEIR EXCELLENT OFSMELL TO HELP FIND FOOD IN DARK.MOSTLY

SEE OBJECTS ONLY ON BLACK AND WHITE BUT COLOR VISION IS KNOW TO EXIST IN SOME OLD

WORD FRUIT BATS.

BATS HAVE FEET BUT IT’S NOT USE TOWALK BUT IS ABLE TO HANG UPSIDE DOWN

IN THEIR ROOTS

Bats fly by using there hands and wingsWhile the wings are flipping bats can goUp or down by moving the membrane

Between the body and fifth finger, this isCalled “lift". Bats move forward (called thrust)

By changing the shape of membrane between the Second and fifth fingers.

SOME BATS LIVE TOGETHER IN BIG CLOMIESDURING THE WINTER.SEVERAL MALES AND

FEMALES MAY HUDDLE FOR WARMTH, HANG UPSIDE

DOWN IN A CAVE OR OLD BUILDINGS.IN THE SUMMER ONLY FEMALES (GIRLS) LIVE TOGETHER

IN A MOTHER COLONY ON UP TO SEVERALBATS. EACH MOTHER BAT HAVE 1 OR 2 BABIES

IN EARLY SUMMER.

Almost all bats eat insects. In fact one brown

Bat can eat up to 3000 mosquitoes each night

So bats definitely benefit people. and all batsEat fruits, mouse rat

and other small animals.

A vampire bat drink bloodOut of a cow, sheep, horse,And birds, they can’t live

Without blood for two days

BATS CAN BE FOUND IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD EXCEPT WHERE IT IS REALLY COLD AND REALLY DRY

AND SOME REMOTE ISLANDS. THEY LIVE ON ALLCONTINENTS EXCEPT ANTARCTICA.YOU CAN FIND

MORE SPECIES OF BATS (DIFFERENT KINDS). WHERETHE WEATHER IS NICE AND WARM. THOSE WARM

SPOTS ARE NEAR THE EQUATOR AND ARE CALLED THE“TROPICS”AND “RAIN FORESTS”.

Just remember NEVER HANDLE A WILD BAT !!!!!!They bite and can give you rabies. If you are bittenBy a bat, you’ll have to get this disease. The bestThing to do is NEVER touch, feed or approach a

Wild animal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Va9ull44yw

Click on The link!!!

Bats are an important Animal and it is really

Helpful to humans.

FRUIT-EATING BATS PREFER RIPE, AS THEY FLY THEY DROPSEEDS WHICH CAN GROW ON

TO NEW TREES……..

BATS THAT LIKE POLLEN, BYGOING FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER, BATS HELP MAKE

NEW PLANTS….

EATING BATS USE VISION ECHOLOCATION AND SOUNDS

FROM THEIR PREY TO HELP LOCATES THEIR FOOD

THIS IS A BATS SKULL

FISHING BATS GRAB LITTLE OUT OF THE WATER WITH THEIRCLAWS . ECHOLOCATION IS TO

FIND THIS FOOD…..

THE LITTLE BROWN BAT CAN EAT

UP TO 1,200 A NIGHT FLYING INSECTS IN JUST ONE HOUR.THIS HELPS ALL OF US……….

BOOKS :

ANIMALS WORLD

VAMPIRE BATS

BATS

FLYING BOXES BATEncyclopedia of animals

BY:KAREN MCGHEE

BY:GARRY FLEMING

BY:TAMARA L. BRITTON

BY:TAMARA L. BRITTON

PHIL RICHARDSON

WEBSITES:BATS4KIDS.ORG

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