Bats are the only mammals that can fly. They fly like birds do by beating the air with their wings. However, the bat's wing is not like a bird's wing at all. A bat's wings are actually its forelimbs that have grownvery long. the wing has no feathers rather, a thin memebrane stretches across the 'fingers'. They sleep upside down and use their feet to grasp onto twig or board. There are more than 1000 species of bats in the world. Bats are called nocturnal, as they sleep during daytime and are active at night.
To find prey in the dark, they have developed a remarkable navigation system called echolocation. When bat are out hunting, they make high pitched sounds , that we can not hear them. When these sounds strike a solid object ,they bounce back as echoes and bat's ears picks up that echoes to determine how far an object is and how big it is, Its really amazing !!!
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| Vampire Bat |
Vampire bats - only bat that feeds on blood. It preys on cattle, horses and large birds . They make a small hole with thier two sharp incisor teeth and lap up the blood.
The smallest mammals in the world is a bat from Thailand. It is called Kitti's hog -nosed bat or Bumblebee bat.
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| Kitti's hog -nosed bat or Bumblebee bat |
Some bats are called Flying Foxes- they are a species of fruit bat. They are called flying foxes because of their fox -like heads and red dish brown fur. They are the largest bats some attains a wingspan of one metre.
4 comments:
at: April 14, 2011 at 7:26 AM said...
well.. after looking at the pics of vampire it was just not possible to concentrate on the read.... anyways quite informative post. keep posting such informative stuff.
Bets wishes,
irfan.
at: April 14, 2011 at 7:34 AM said...
looks scary, esp the vampire one.
at: April 14, 2011 at 9:18 AM said...
Irfanji! LOL, Even I am reading it in night and terribly worried! by images.......Echolocation....really a new knowledge..thanks!
at: April 14, 2011 at 9:50 PM said...
Now this a great piece of info .....
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