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Yes, they do have hollow bones!! They are the only mammal that can fly.
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EDIT (5-10-10) Actually, bats do not have hollow bones like birds. With birds, the bone is actually hollow, allowing air to travel through them. While bats have bones like every other mammal (hollow, but filled with marrow), the bones of bats are extremely small, allowing bats to successfully fly without having completely hollow bones like birds. Please see reference below:
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2000-11/973725015.Zo.r.html
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe answer to that question is yes and no at the same time. Yes, they have hollow bones that are filled with marrow. This helps to make the bone stronger. However, they do not have the same bone structure as birds, which are completely hollow. A bat is a mammal, and hollow bones would not support the mass in a mammal. Just imagine if we had hollow bones. We would break our bones practically every day. If our bones were filled with air and not marrow, we would be extremely fragile. It's the same with bats. They would not be able to stand if they had hollow bones. In conclusion, a bat's bones are filled with marrow, not air, so they are not technically hollow.
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∙ 14y agoyes! Bats do have vertebrae.
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∙ 13y agoThey fly. They must have a skeleton.
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∙ 14y agoErm yes
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