Bats
Prepared By:
C4
8th Grade
01-05-97
Contents
1. Title Page Page... 1
2. Contents Page... 2
3. Bat Facts Page... 3-4
4. Congress Ave. Bridge Page... 5-6
5. How To Get A Bat Out Of Your House Page... 6
6. About Bat Houses Page... 7
7. References Page... 8+
My report is on bats. I will start my story off by telling you some facts about bats.
Bat Facts
1. Did you know that the worlds smallest mammal is a Bumblebee bat that lives in Thailand. It weighs less than a penny!
2. Vampire bats adopt orphan pups (the name for a baby bat) and have been known to risk their lives to share food with the less fortunate.
3. The African Heart-Nosed bat can hear the footsteps of a beetle walking on sand from a distance of over six feet!
4. The giant Flying Fox bat from Indonesia has a wing span of six feet!
English: Emergence of the bats of the Congress Ave...
English: The Congress Avenue Bridge, in Austin, Te...
Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bat Bridge5. Disk-winged bats of Latin America have adhesive disks on both feet that enable them to live in unfurling banana leaves (or even walk up a window pane).
6. Nearly 1,000 kinds of bats account for almost a quarter of all mammal species, and most are highly beneficial.
7. Worldwide, bats are the most important natural enemies of night-flying insects!
8. A single brown bat can catch over 600 mosquitoes in just one hour!
9. Tropical bats are key elements in rain forest ecosystems which rely on them to pollinate flowers and disperse seeds for countless trees and shrubs.
10. Bat droppings in caves support whole ecosystems of unique organisms, including bacteria useful in detoxifying wastes, improving detergents, and producing gasohol and antibiotics.
11. More than 50% of American bat species are in severe decline or already listed as endangered. Losses are occurring...