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Flying Mammals

Sporting fur instead of feathers, the world's only true flying mammals, bats, are all gathered into one order, Chiroptera, with 18 families, 180 Genera, and 925 species. Though not classified as flying mammals, other mammals who can move through the air include sugar gliders, 44 species of flying squirrels, and four species of lemur, called culogos. To learn more and share knowledge about this amazing and unique group of mammals, glide on in to our Flying Mammals category to ask and answer questions.

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How does a baby bat hang on their mother?

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Bats hang from ceilings is like a person walking and some people can even walk on their arms. A person legs are stronger than our arms that is just the set up of the body. Just like a bat there legs are the strongest part in their body and sleep downside down comes natural to them.

Will you ever fly?

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Yes in 2010 they will bring the object out that make you able to fly!!!!!!!!!!!!

But it will cost £50!!!!!!!

Cant wait!!!!!!!

- Only our imagination is the limit. Believe it!

How do you know if you can fly or not?

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If humans were meant to fly on their own we would have been born with wings. The only time I have heard of a person wanting to fly like birds was the Wright Brothers who invented the airplane that actually flew a short distance on first flight and someone who is on drugs that feels they can fly off the top of a building.

What are two types of mammals?

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Mammals include any of various warmblooded vertebrate animals of the class Mammalia, including humans. They are characterized by a covering of hair on the skin and, in the female, milk-producing mammary glands for nourishing the young.

Some Mammals include:

  • Humans
  • Primates such as apes, chimpanzees, gorillas
  • Dogs and others of the canine family, e.g. wolves
  • Cats and other felines, e.g. lions, ligers, panthers
  • Cows and other farm stock animals, e.g. buffalo, sheep, pigs, goats
  • Horses and other equines such as donkeys and zebras
  • Koalas and other marsupials such as kangaroos, koalas, Tasmanian devils, wombats, etc
  • Marine mammals, e.g. whales, dolphins, porpoises
  • Squirrels and other rodents, such as rats, mice, prairie dogs
  • Bears, e.g. black bears, pandas, polar bears
  • Monotremes (egg-laying mammals) which include just echidnas and platypuses
  • Hippopotamuses
  • Rhinoceroses
  • Insectivores such as moles, shrews and hedgehogs
  • Flying mammals: bats
  • Anteaters and armadillos

What are some interesting facts about blue whales?

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Some of the answer is blue whale is definitely the largest living warm blooded sea mammal ever existed on this planet and sometimes can reach a length of 30.5 meter (100 feet) and weigh over 100 tons.

On land an animal the size of a blue whale would be crushed by its own weight without the support of large heavy bones. Because its body is supported by water, as a sea animal, the need for heavy bones to support its weight disappeared. This, plus the availability of a large food supply, have made it possible for the blue whale to reach such an enormous size. The blue whale makes deep and rumbling sounds which can be felt as much as heard. These low frequency sounds travel long distances through water, allowing blue whales to communicate with each other over hundreds of miles of ocean.

Their scientific name is Balaenoptera musculus.

Also, in the 20th century, 99% of the Blue Whale population was killed by whalers!

How old can a black flying fox bat get?

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They can get to 6 weeks to 9 weeks old

How much do Squirrel Gliders weigh?

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The gray squirrel can weigh up to two pounds for more information go to http://www.blackmouthcur.com/Gray%20Squirrels.htm
The Gray squirrels can weigh up to two pounds. For more information check the related link below.

Why does a flying fox have wings that look like flippers?

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Flying foxes have a fox like appearance to the head. Since bats can also fly, these fox featured bats are known as flying foxes.

How long can a sugar glider glide?

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16 to 21 cm (6.3 to 7.5 inches)

Is the black flying fox a carnivore herbivore omnivore or a scavenger?

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Foxes are omnivorous and considered a predator.

What is the only Irish mammal that can fly?

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The pygmy shrew is Ireland's smallest mammal. About half the size of a field mouse.

Do bats have bad eyesight?

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Contrary to popular belief, bats have a quite good eyesight, besides, they can rely on a very useful resource called 'echolocation', which is something like a natural sonar. They emit a sound and wait for the echo it produces on things, that way, they can calculate the distance things are away from them and avoid to crash on them.

Why is whaling considered needless laughter?

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Because, many whales are endangered and can become extinct is whaling is allowed. Also, Humans waste most of the whales, we just use there blubber as oil for lanterns. (Which we obviously don't use anymore!)

What are examples of flying mammals?

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They are bats, sugar gliders, flying squirrels.

Are bats and flying squirrels mammals?

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Yes. Dolphins are marine mammals. They breathe with lungs, give birth to live young, nurse their young, and are warm-blooded. Monkeys are apes, and have the same mammalian characteristics as humans.

What range can bats hear?

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they can hear from 2miles away from there distance.

List all animals that can fly?

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Birds like eagles, vultures, gulls, finches, thrushes etc. Most birds can fly. The only mammal that can fly is the bat.

Insects such as flies, beetles, wasps, bees, some stick insects, dragonflies etc. Can also fly.

What are the predators of a fishing bat?

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Hawks, and other Raptors, including Owls, the Common Grackle, Snakes, Fox, Racoons Mink, Weasels, and Wild or Feral Cats. Many of these animals prey on the young either when they fall to the floor of their roost, or climb up ledges to reach them. Others prey on the adults while they hunt, and feed. For more details, please see sites listed below.

Is the sugar glider a relative of the bat?

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Not at all. Both sugar gliders and bats are mammals, but that is where the connection ends.

Sugar gliders are marsupials and members of the Australian possum family, while bats are placental mammals. Sugar gliders are also not capable of free flight. Bats are the only mammals that can fly.

What do flying squirrels look like?

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Technically, it is a member of the classification for Rodent.

There are 44 species of Squirrel and it is important to note that the Actual Flying Squirrel is often confused with the Scaly-Tailed Flying Squirrel : which is not the same thing.

What are some animals that reproduce without a mate?

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Animals that reproduce without a mate produce by means of parthenogenesis. It was once believed that only plants could reproduce this way, but now it is known that some sea animals are capable of parthenogenesis.

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

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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

Is the sugar glider an exotic animal?

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Sugar gliders are not regarded as exotic within Australia, because they are native to Australia.

Sugar gliders are only exotic to countries outside of their native habitat. This would include the UK or the USA.