Bat Flying mouse Main Facts Bats are the
Bat Flying mouse
Main Facts ★Bats are the only mammals that can fly. ★There about 1 100 bat species wordwide and 22 species are known in Slovakia.
Life ★Bats live everywhere except Antarctica and Arctic ★They sleep during the day – they are nocturnal creatures ★They hibernate in the winter and their body temperature can go down on the temperature of their shelter.
Life ★Bats live in large groups of up to 100 animals. ★They have developed complex of social behaviour. ★Female breeds one little bat yearly in the spring. ★Little bat singularizes and lives on its own after 2 month from birth. ★They can live for over 20 years.
Food and drink ★70% of bats eat insect or fruit, only few species suck blood of mammals or birds. ★Bat is able to consume one third of its body weight in insect each night, and several hundred insect in a few hours. ★When they are young they drink breast milk, and when they grow up, they drink watter.
Instincts ★They are not blind but they don’t see very well. ★Some species are able to detect ultraviolet light. ★They also have a high quality sense of smell and hearing. ★They use echolocation to localize and classify their prey in complete darkness.
Interesting facts ★The smallest bat on the Earth is Kitti's Hog–nosed Bad ★Length is 29 -33 mm ★Width from wing to wing is 16 mm ★Weight is 2 grams ★The biggest bat is Giant Golden-crowned Flying-fox ★It has a wing span of 1. 5 m
Vampire Bats • There are 3 species of bats which drink blood (two species drink blood of mammals and third drinks bird's blood). • They live in Mexico, Chille, Argentina, Brasil and USA • They bite their victims with their sharp teeth and release dazing poison. And then they suck and suck. . .
Mythology • Bats are associated with vampires and vampires are associated with Dracula. • And of course more modern hero: Batman! • In some cultures bats bring happines and luck, in some other cultures they bring diseases and death.
Thank you for your attention Ivana Monková 2. B
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