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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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Bats mostly eat insects, except fruit bats that eat fruit and vampire bats that eat blood.
Is there a name for someone that doesn't eat fruit?
WELL...
There is a name for some one that dose not eat fruit that sort of person is called
a fruiterer, it sounds very unusual but it is a syble of what some one chooses to be.
I hope that you found my information helpful if you have any questions for me i would be happy to answer them .. Thank You.
I'm assuming that the bats are in a home or other undesirable location. The only EPA approved way to repel bats is with naphthalene (moth balls or crystals.) It will drive them away temporarily but they'll return when the crystals have evaporated. It will give you time to seal up any entry points, though.
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.
What is the difference between a bird and a bat?
The basic difference between bats and owls is that bats are mammals and owls are birds.
How many hertz does a horse hear?
Very good. In fact it is so good that a horse can hear somone calling it's name from a half a mile away! It can hear a soft whisper that if you told it to trot in a whisper it would trot. I hope my answer helps.
From what i know bats will swim if need be such as if they fall in or in to fruit from the surface of the water (or fish, perhaps) here's a link of an image of a bat maybe about to do just that:- http://images.Google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.geocities.com/radar_foxbat/image/Bats/grey_headed_flying_fox_skimming_water_original.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.geocities.com/radar_foxbat/&usg=__YdJxha03evrI1G_vVwwC_7hs-oM=&h=470&w=900&sz=67&hl=en&start=20&um=1&tbnid=OAFu7mco_47PSM:&tbnh=76&tbnw=146&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbats%2Bin%2Bwater%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1
(hilight with the mouse & copy'n'past in2 the URL if need be) from what I've seen birds walk if they fell they don't have to fly (like us if we fell we don't have to run) so i guess bat will walk sumtimes. Re: John Gjerdrum, sydneyoutsider@hotmail.com
What is the differences between bird wings and bat wings?
A bat wing consists of a membrane of skin stretched across extremely elongated fingers. A bird wing is an airfoil made of feathers attached to the forearm and fused bones in the "hand" and "wrist."
Bat and birds both have wings so why are they found on different branches of the tree of life?
Birds' wings feathers and bats' wings do not.
Bird wings are supported by a leading bone along the front while bat wings have bone supports across the wing.
heres a few things:
- Bat wings are leathery to the touch, and not made out of feathers like bird's wings.
- Bat wings are shaped differently, they are for cutting through the air quickly, whilst bird's wings are merely to keep in the air, and when birds want to dive quickly, they have to go up high and bring their wings to their body in a more or less freefall.
As well,
wing of a bat:
-has sheets of skip (patagium) between digits 2 through 5, all of which are elongated
- skin between body and hindlimb and tail (uropatagium)
wing of a bird:
- wing terminates in set of fused bones, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th digits
- greatest part of airfoil is made of flight feathers (light and produce wing slots to reduce drag)
The Head and body of the bat, the ears are usually not, except for fruit bats. The wings are not, and the feet can be in some kinds.
Why do vampire bats only come out at night?
i think beetles only come out at night 'cause probably people are sleep and beetles can climb in but they don't come out at day 'cause people can see them
How are elephants and bats alike?
Both bats and dolphins use echolocation. Echolocation is a way to identify objects as well as their distance. They actually send out a sound and use its echo to detect distance. For exemple, imagine you are standing 10 meters away from a wall and throw a ball at it. The ball will return to you in a certain amount of time. Now, if you step at 5 meters of that wall, the ball will return to you faster than before. This is how echolocation works. When the echo of the sound returns to the animal faster than before, it means the animal is getting closer to the object. Another way they are similar is that both are mammals that have evolved abilities most mammals don't have. Dolphins live in the sea, and bats fly.
Can humans hear bats making noises?
Their wing-beats are just audible if you are close enough in quiet surroundings.
I have experienced this - it's a lovely soft, velvety whisper.
Young people with their ears in full health may be able to hear some bats' navigation and social calls, as rapid, very faint clicks, again in close proximity in quite surroundings. I have done myself - when I was about 20.
Generally though the call frequencies render the squeaks and chirps themselvesultrasonic - far above the human ear's frequency range.
Deepnding on species the hunting call chirps can range from about 50kHz to well over 100kHz, and at very high rates. They chirp because that gives much mroe accurate discrimination of prey from background than would be given by a single-pitch "cheep".
The sound pressure level of bat in full cryis extraordinarily high considering the tiny size of the animal's vocal tract, although the amount of energy in it is obviously very low: some bats can call at over 120dB re 20µPa that is the Threshold of Hearing for humans; and many can exceed 100dB.
Most small bats eat insects, and large fruit bats eat fruit. Central American vampire bats walk up to livestock, bite them, and lick several drops of their blood; bats do not drink blood.
What is more closely related bats and birds or Bats and bears?
Bats and bears . . . they're both mammals. A bird isn't.
How many feet does a bat have?
They fly close to the ground, at a height of about one meter (~3 feet), and once they do find their prey, their use their specialized heat sensors on their nose to locate veins close to the skin.
Do bats have special adaptations?
Bats feet are adaptions as they can hang upside down for hours! There wings are sort of because they can fly to find their food. :-)
What do northern blossom bats eat?
they mostly eat rats or flies or just about anything they can find that has meat on it
