Alana Jensen Gonzales-Stoller Surveillance ESER Program
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The bat's fingers are very long compared to its body. If we had
fingers like a bat, they would be longer than our legs!
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Hoary Bat
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If you said No you are correct. Bats are mammals just like
people. Bats are the only mammals who can fly. There are more than
1,000 bat species in the world. Only true group of flying mammals
Chiroptera = hand- wing
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uropatagium
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3 species of vampire bats. Live in South America and feed
mostly on the blood of farm animals.
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Townsends Big-eared Bat Horseshoe Bat - noseleaves Nectar Bat -
Ecuador
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Finding food Locating pups
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Largest nose leaf Facial flaps Super-big ears Insect eater
Latin America
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Big ears Strange facial flaps Most sophisticated navigation
system Asia Insect-eater
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Wingspan 4 feet Fruit and nectar eater An important pollinator
No echolocation (small ears) Great vision Good sense of smell
Megabat
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Microbats can eat up to 1,000 bugs an hour! These bugs include
mosquitoes, moths, locus, grasshoppers, etc. They save farmers 2.3
billion dollars a year in the United States
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Macrobats like the large fruit bats love to eat ripe fruits. As
the seeds pass through them, they spread them all over the
forest.
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There are many bats that live on the nectar from the flower of
plants. They are pollinators. Bananas Dates Peaches Mangoes Cashews
Agave Figs Avocados
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Bat poop or guano is actually a very beneficial fertilizer.
Vampire bats contain a blood thinning chemical that can help stroke
victims and others that need it.
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Mammals Wingspan Number of fingers Weight Heart rate Wing beats
Food Consumption Lifespan Tail flap interfemoral membrane
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Bumblebee BatFlying Fox
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Are bats birds? What are they? Are bats important? Are bats
good mothers? What do bats eat? What is an insectivore? What is a
nocturnal animal?
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Bats are most closely related to: a. Mice a. Mice b. Squirrels
b. Squirrels c. Humans d. Birds
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If you choose ( c ) humans, you are correct. Bats are mammals
and nurse their young just as we do.
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Bats give birth to: a. Litters b. Young twice a year c. One
baby a year c. One baby a year
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If your answer was ( c ) one baby a year, you are right. A
female bat will give birth to only one baby a year, rarely twins
are born.
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a. Hunt at night b. Steal food from houses c. Hunt during the
day Bats:
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If you answered ( a ) hunt at night you are correct. Bats hang
upside down and sleep during the day. They hunt for food at night.
They are called nocturnal animals. Little Brown Bat
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Big Brown Bat
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Bats are: a. Blind b. Able to see very well c. Able to see very
little
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If you answered blind you are wrong. The correct answer is ( b
) bats see very well. All bats can see, some better than us. The
Mega Chiroptera bats have very large eyes that enable them to see
in flowers and fruit in the night. Micro Chiroptera (smaller bats)
can see, but do rely on their ability to echolocate for capturing
insects and navigating in the dark. Pallid Bat Flying Fox
