Do bats use their thumbs to hang upside down?

Answer 1

The main reason bats stay up high is to avoid predators. Bats evolved special feet and joints that make it easy for them to hang that way for a long time, even while sleeping. Hanging from high tree branches or cave ceilings makes the bats difficult to reach, so being upside down means staying alive!

Answer 2

Yes. Bats hang upside down when they are not in flight foraging for food. The only time they do not hang that way is to urinate or defecate.

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Their legs have a sort of locking arrangement allowing the animal to sleep or even hibernate without expending energy in hanging on.

Answer 3

Yes. Except to release wastes, they anchor by their feet and hang down to rest.

Answer 4

yes they use all there fingers to hang up side down

Answer 5

There are other mammals that do this too. An example would be a sloth. Many primates are also able to hang by their feet.

Answer 6

Yes but they don't just live in caves any high dark place like a tree attic etc