Transcript The basic Bat Facts

The basic Bat Facts
By Grace
What is a Bat?
Bats are mammals
They give birth to live young
They nurse their young
They have fur
They are warm blooded
Bats are the only mammals that fly
Body of a Bat
Bats have fingers like us
Bat’s wings are made of membranes
Bat’s Latin name is chiroptera
Chiroptera means hand wing
Bats are adapted in special ways
according to where they live and what
they eat
How do Bats help us?
Bats pollinate flowers
They eat insects
They distribute seeds
Echolocation
• Echolocation is a series of
high pitched clicks that
bounces off of everything
around the bats and sends
sound waves back to the bat’s
ears
• Bats have muscles in their
ears that close when they
send out the clicks so they
won’t go deaf
• Echolocation is used for
hunting ,to avoid obstacles
and predators
Microbats
Microbats are the small insect eating bats
Microbats live in caves and mines
Microbats have small eyes and big ears
Microbats use echolocation to locate their
food
Microbats eat fish, blood, insects, reptiles,
other species and rodents
Megabats
Megabats are the big fruit eating bats
Megabats live in trees in the tropics
Megabats have dog like faces
Megabats have big eyes and small ears
Megabats do not use echolocation
Some megabats are called flying foxes
because of their dog-like face