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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 biome do vampire bats live in?
The vampire bat is found in tropical climates in South America. They live in caves and feed on the blood of their prey.
How do vampire bats communicate?
Bats often hear from their special and adaptive hearing senses because they are blind so they detect movement from their ears.
What are the enemies of a California leaf-nosed bat?
The enemies or predators of California leaf-nosed bats are wild cats, snakes, dogs, predatory birds, and raccoons. This species of bats are found in regions like Mexico, Baja California, Arizona, and the Sonoran Desert. Their diet consists mainly of large insects.
Bats generally live together in decently large groups. However, occasionally some will live alone depending on situations and breed.
the black taled hawk is one of the predetors, they live in burrows in forests, well known to eat bats and small birds. for more info try out this website i used:
www.whatistheblackhawk.com
While some bats do feed on blood, known as vampire bats, the vast majority of bat species do not drink blood. Only three species out of over 1,400 bat species feed on blood, and even they typically target livestock like cows or pigs rather than humans.
Can a fruit bat eat a sapodilla fruit?
Yes, fruit bats do eat sapodilla fruits, in fact in some parts of India they place nets over the trees so bats will not eat the fruits. Hope that helped
What layer of a rainforest does a vampire bat can be found?
A Vampire bat is found in the emergent layer.
The same way we do - by using their ears ! Bats use ultra-sonic sound which is higher than the range humans can hear - their 'squeaks' bounce off objects, and prey and are reflected back to the bat so it can navigate in total darkness.
Darn... I hate those people who just put random unhelpful answers... I mean, the answer before I changed it was:
"they do
they do"
(without quotes)
Just that. Seriously. Anyway, I'm doing a project on fruit bats and I looked it up, and most websites say that they live in rainforests, or tropical or subtropical biomes.
Hope that helped. ^^
Why are people scared of vampire bats?
Vampire bats are considered a bad omen because they eat blood. They also bite humans and can suck human blood. They sometimes, although rarely, can give humans rabies.
Do bats move only through flight or can they walk?
No bats can't walk. They have a very small pelvises and they hang off of caves, not like laying down on the floor.
What size are wrinkle faced bat?
The wrinkle-faced bat is a fruit-eating bat that lives in various parts of Central and South America. It is a small bat that weighs just under 6 ounces.
How are bats important members of the ecosystem?
Do mosquitoes bother you? Do you hate using insect repellants and aerosol foggers? Have you found that bug zapper to be somewhat less than effective--and a real annoyance? Maybe it is time to consider a bat colony! While myths have turned these fuzzy creatures into monsters, bats really are important, useful members of the ecosystem
Bats emit a type of biological sonar which we call echolocation. They let out a loud, high-pitched sound (often above the range of human hearing) which bounces off any obstacles in its way, and then returns to the bat in the form of an echo. These return waves tell the bat how far away the obstacle is as well as its size and shape. These bats have large ears which are very good at understanding the information brought back to them by the echoed waves of sound.
Sound waves for bats to get around in the dark?
To help them find their prey in the dark, most bat species have developed a remarkable navigation system called echolocation. To understand how echolocation works, imagine an "echo canyon." If you stand on the edge of a canyon and shout "hello," you'll hear your own voice coming back to you an instant later. The process that makes this happen is pretty simple. You produced sound by rushing air from your lungs past your vibrating vocal chords. These vibrations caused fluctuations in the rushing air, which formed a sound wave. A sound wave is just a moving pattern of fluctuations in air pressure. The changing air pressure pushes surrounding air particles out and then pulls them back in. These particles then push and pull the particles next to them, passing on the energy and pattern of the sound. In this way, sound can travel long distances through the air. The pitch and tone of the sound are determined by the frequency of the air-pressure fluctuations, which is determined by the way you move your vocal chords. When you shout, you produce a sound wave that travels across the canyon. The rock face on the opposite side of the canyon deflects the air-pressure energy of the sound wave so that it begins moving in the opposite direction, heading back to you. In an area where atmospheric air pressure and air composition is constant, sound waves always move at the same speed. If you knew the speed of sound in the area, and you had a very precise stopwatch, you could use sound to determine the distance across the canyon.
