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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 kind of foods bats eat?

some bats eat fruit or blood vampire bats eat blood and some bats eat bugs it really matters of what kind of bats eat

What is the name for a baby bat?

The offspring or young of the average Bat is called a "pup" usually.

What is the wing span of a flying fox?

The grey-headed flying fox is the largest bat in Australia. This flying fox has a dark-grey body with a light-grey head and a reddish-brown neck collar of fur. It is unique among bats of the genus Pteropus in that fur on the legs extends all the way to the ankle. Adults have an average wingspan up to 1 m (3.3 ft) and can weigh up to 1 kg (2.2 lb). The head and body length is between 230 and 289 mm (9.1 and 11.4 in), with an average of 253 mm (10.0 in). The forearm length is between 138 and 180 mm (5.4 and 7.1 in), with an average of 161 mm. Weight generally varies between 600 and 1,000 g (1.3 and 2.2 lb), with an average of 677 g (1.49 lb). It is tailless, with claws on its first and second digits. Since it does not echolocate, it lacks tragus or leaf ornamentation found in most species of Microchiroptera. It relies on sight to locate its food (nectar, pollen and native fruits) and thus has relatively large eyes for a bat.

What do bats do in daytime?

Bats are nocturnal, which means they are active at night. They come out then to search for food, because it is cooler and less predators are around. They use echolocation to see in the dark. During the day, they catch up on sleep in tree hallows, stumps, and dark caves.

How do bats fly in the dark?

With their wings, if they can fly during the day there is no reason they cannot fly at night.

However, if you mean why can they fly in the dark without hitting things, it is because they use sonar to navigate.
The bat sends out a call and then listens for the echo, from the time between when it sent out the call to when the echo arrives it can work out how far away things are and so avoid them.

How many hours do little brown bats sleep?

They sleep 6-8 hours a day.
they are one of the longest sleepers that are animal!!

What is another name for bat?

An bat mammal can also be called a chiroptera.

Do all bats use echolocation to find food?

Bats have a sort of 'sonar', which enables them to detect objects before flying into them. The sonar also helps them avoid flying into each other, as well as helping them find their food, which is largely mosquitoes.

They use their echo-location by sending a click sound that is too high-pitched for humans to hear. It bounces back when it hits trees or other obstacles, and the bat then gathers the information and creates a picture of obstacles and prey.

What do Hoary Bats eat?

Mostly night flying insects. Also crickets, moths, beetles, mosquitoes, and termites.

What animals prey on bats?

Bats predators are snakes, racoons, opossums. and tarantulas. Sometimes a hawk or a owl will snatch them from the sky.

Do bats have babies?

Bats have babies in caves. After a few weeks, baby bats cling to their mothers while the moms hunt for food.

What is a body covering for bat?

Fur on the body and a skin between the bones of the wings.

What are natural predators of fruit bats?

Hawks and owls prey upon fruit bats. So do domestic cats. Humans even sometimes kill them because they are not always something you want in your yard, although they do kill the mosquitoes and other undesirable insects.

Why don't we see bats in the day?

They can but they are usually asleep in sheltered roosts such as inside hollow trees, buildings or caves during the day - with one or two exceptions, they are nocturnal animals. Odd question - I wonder where the belief you are questioning, arose

What is the similarity in bats and mice?

These are both types of flying animals. There are many different species of both bats and birds; there are insect eating and fruit eating examples of both.

Why are bats so misunderstood?

they are small and sometimes can be pests, many people are scared or just disgusted by their habits

Bats get a bad reputation in the movies (vampires). They are frequently carriers of rabies... or worse. Some live in great communities in tight, dark quarters (caves) that aren't suited for interaction with humans. They only venture forth from their caves in the first hours of evening darkness. They're not very sociable. The floors of their caves are frequently covered with a thick blanket of guano (bat feces). To add to the above, as a rule, many species are not very photogenic; they don't do closeups.

When do BATS have their mating season?

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Can a bat eat a squirrel?

Bats do not eat squirrels. Most bats eat insects, some eat fruit, and the vampire bat drinks blood, but only of larger species, not squirrels.

What are two structural adaptations of the bat?

  • sharp teeth to suck blood to eat
  • wing to fly
  • light weight
  • wing from their pinky to their waste to fly (made up of skin)
  • sonar
  • night vision eyes

Where in the wold do vampier bats live?

The greater false vampire bat is found in Asia. The lesser false vampire bat has a wider range and is found from the Philippines to India and Sri Lanka.

Is a bat a minibeast?

NO, bats are mammals.

· Bats use echolocation to catch prey

· send out high frequency sound waves to find objects in their path

· echolocation calls are ultrasonic - beyond human hearing range in most cases but there is the Spotted Bat (euderma maculatum) which uses lower frequency echolocation calls which can be heard by people

· Canada has 19 species of bats

· life span of over 30 years

· bats are mammals - warm-blooded, give birth to live young

· wings are folds of skin supported by elongated finger bones

· resting bad hang head downward - making it easy to take to flight at any given moment

· average sized Canadian bat - weighs 8 g, wing span of about 22 cm

· larges Canadian species weighs about 30 g, wing span of 40 cm

· smallest Canadian species weighs about 5 g

· bats are not blind - they can see very well

· bats are nocturnal creatures

· bats in Canada feed on insects - will consume 50-100 percent of their body weight in one night

Do ferrets use echolocation?

Not per se. Echo location requires the animal to emit high frequency sounds then tracking targets by the reflection of that sound. Dogs do not emit high frequency sounds, but do have acutely sensitive hearing, and are able to track by distinguishing the direction from which sound originates.