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Why can a bat fly?

Updated: 10/8/2023
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13y ago

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Acually bats do fly. They are the only mammals that can "fly", because things like sugargliders and gliding squirrels cannot create thrust by flapping their wings because technically they don't have any. Bats can gain altitude without wind by flapping. If you look at a bat's wing you will find it both resembles a human hand and a bird wing.

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12y ago

They have just adapted wings, that's all. Anyway, name an animal that has FUR or HAIR that is not a mammal. Its difficult, isn't it?

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Whether or not something can fly doesn't determine what class of animal it belongs to.

Mammals are warmblooded, have backbones, have hair on some part of their bodies, give birth to live young and they suckle their young (that is, their babies drink milk from their mothers).

Since bats have hair (fur), give birth to live young and suckle their young they are mammals.

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16y ago

Most bats use echolocation which is the ability to produce a sound and process the returning echo to gain information about the environment.

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13y ago

There flattened like wings make good gliding tools for the bats.<3

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14y ago

Bats are mammals because they give birth to their children live, and feed their babies with milk like mammals do. Birds are hatched from eggs, and do not feed their babies milk.

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7y ago

It is the shape of their body which is stubby and aerodynamic with the chest being broader than the tail. The "row" their wings to create lift.

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7y ago

Bats fly quickly to catch insects while they are flying.

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14y ago

They use their wings>

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