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Bats

The largest group of mammals that have the ability to fly. Their nocturnal habits have given raise to many myths and fears through the ages, most of which are unfounded. Ask your questions here and find out what is true or myth about these fascinating creatures.

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What is the similarity of eagle and bat?

Eagles are large birds of prey, while bats are mammals that fly, most species are tiny creatures, although fruit bats can be quite large, but not eagle size,

What do bats use to find bugs in the dark?

Bats produce ultrasounds that travel around the area and hit different kinds of prey, especially insects. Bats sense this as they have a hearing capacity of 100 Hz and 80000 Hz. This also helps them to make a mental picture of their surroundings ans they are prone to blindness during day.

What is the difference between insect eating bats and fuit eating bats?

an insect eating bat eats insect and the fruit eating bats eat fruit

How bats use sound to help them fly?

Bats use sonar to sense their surroundings. Sonar works by the bat making a high-pitched call and listening to the echo from nearby objects. So bats definitely do make a noise when they fly. Also, a bat's wings are not designed for stealth, so even if you do not recognise a bat's sonar call, then you would hear the wings beating when a bat flies close to you. In reality, nobody really thinks about the noise of bat's wings because of the noisy call.

What is the distance that a person can hear the echo of a sound?

It is difficult to say how far the human ear can pick up sounds. The distance a human ear can hear varies according to the condition of the ear, the frequency of the sound, and other sounds taking place at the same time.

Can you sleep with your eyes open?

dolphins and whales. but only because they switch off half their brain. plus, they don't really sleep. they keep swimming and just sort of rest half their brain. sharks are a bit alike, but they differ a little.

How do vampire bats attack their victims?

By far the most famous bat in the world is the vampire bat. This species has a close association with vampires and mythological stories. The real Vampire Bats are found in Mexico and do feed on the blood of warm blooded animals, such as cattle, horses, or birds. The vampire bat does not actually like the taste of human blood and much prefer other warm blooded animals instead. The vampire bat is one of the only species of bat that feeds on blood. They do not, however, suck this blood. Instead, the bat makes a small cut in the skin of a sleeping animal with their sharp teeth. The bat's saliva has an aesthetic in it that reduces the likelihood of the animal feeling the insertion. They then lap the blood up as it flows from the fresh wound. There is a special anticoagulant contained in the bats saliva that prevents their victim's blood from clotting until the bat has finished its meal. The bat only needs about two teaspoons of blood a day, so the blood loss is minimal and rarely causes any harm to their victim.

What do vampire bats eat for dinner?

Vampire bats are carnivorous, so they tend to dine on the blood of birds or mammals. Some species of vampire bat dine on blood exclusively, while others supplement their diets with insects.

How much blood does a vampire bat need each day?

all I can find is this......... Female vampire bats give birth to a single pup after a gestation period of about seven months. I got this from Encarta.com

How does the bat behave?

It has a lighter bone structure and plasma wings to allow it to fly and claws on the tip of its wings so it can cling onto things such as fruit or branches.

Also uses an ultrasonic sound that bounces off objects and sends a mental image back to the bat.

How many eggs does a bat release?

A bat is a mammal.They give birth to live young but do it upside down.The mother has to catch the baby before it falls to they ground.The bat can lay up to 4 babies and hour.

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What are facts about big eared bats?

Bats can crawl.

Bats like to sleep in the day, and come out at night.

Bats eat fruit of all different kinds.

Bats usually live in hot areas or caves.

A flying fox isnt really a fox what kind of animal is it?

Bats of the genus Pteropus, belonging to the Megachiroptera sub-order, are the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as the Fruit Bats or Flying Foxes

Do bats hear well?

Yes, bats hear very well in order to make up for their poor eyesight. The lowest can be 1 kHz for some species and for other species the highest reaches up to 200 kHz. Bats navigate through echolocation.

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Ah yes, that is correct, and many have extraordinarily high vocal and aural band-widths of many tens of kHz, but what is their amplitude sensitivity? Their echo-location is limited to at most a couple of tens of metres, and to compensate for low power their maximum call intensity is very high (>100dB re 20µPa for some species) in order to receive useable echoes, but is their hearing especially acute?

What does a bat weight?

The Common Vampire bat only weighs between 15 and 50 grams

Are bats color blind?

This idea that bats are unable to see stems from a very well known phase: "as blind as a bat". It is however, untrue. Although a bat cannot see in colour, it can see better than a human at night. They also use their echolocation to gain a better picture of what is around them, which is in many case more accurate and sensitive than an eye, enabling the bat to see very clearly in even the darkest of nights.

Where does the flying fox live?

Flying foxes are bats, not foxes, that are found living in forests and swamps, often near coastal areas of southern Asia,northern Australia, Madagascar, and the South Pacific. They usually roost in trees. They belong to the Class Mammalia, Order Chiroptera, Family Pteropodidae, and the Genus Pteropus.
you may be referring to a flying fox which is the largest bat recorded they're called a flying fox due to their head resembling a fox they are also known as a fruit bat

What bat has a 3 foot wing span?

The one that flew over my head about an hour ago. I've never seen anything like it, seemed to be carrying leafy food of some sort, a lighter underneath of the bat, but clearly the wingspan was 3 ft if not more, This was in CT

Why do some animals feed at night?

Some animals prefer the dark because of adaptation, depending on the environment they live in and what they eat. Carnivores like owls, are more active during the night because most of their prey are active from the time the sun is up or down until it's really dark.

Mammals that fly?

The only mammal that can (truly) fly is a bat. The rest can glide or parachute jump.

What should you do if you find an injured bat on your back porch?

I've had a similar situation with an injured skunk. First and foremost, remove pets, and children or anything else that is in danger of being bitten. Next call your local animal control department and explain the situation. If you can close off the porch so it won't get away do that. If he is rabid you don't want him wandering out into the world again. Then wait for the animal control officer. Bats have a very high incident of being rabid and animal control will most likely destroy the bat and test it for rabies. Warning: Do not try to attend to the bat yourself. It does not have to be foaming at the mouth or acting deranged to be infected, my skunk had no signs of illness at all.

Do mammals and monkeys fly in the air?

The only flying monkeys on record are the ones in the Wizard of Oz who were minions of the Wicked Witch. These were entirely fictional creatures.

However, monkeys appear to fly because they can leap from tree to tree. While it appears they are flying, they aren't, they are simply using momentum to push themselves from one tree branch to another.

Why is the loudness different between the sound of a mosquito rapidly breathing its wings and a bird flapping its wings?

mosquitos are smaller so when they breathe rapidly the sound is higher pitched. Humming birds are larger so the sound of them beating their wings are louder. hope i helped.