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I wonder how they are born.

FACT: Time spent with their mom - 4-6 weeks Citation: Book - Brown Bats by Christina Leaf

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I wonder how bats sleep.

Fact: They hang by their feet. I saw it on PebbleGo. They use their claws on their hand. Citation: Book- Little Brown Bat by Joyce Markovics.

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I wonder do bats communicate?

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I wonder how vampire bats suck blood?

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I wonder if they eat other bats.

Fact: They do not eat other bats.  Citation: PebbleGo

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Go to this Defenders of Wildlife page to listen to a bat sound byte.

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Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight. With extremely elongated fingers and a wing membrane stretched between, the bat's wing anatomically resembles the human hand. Almost 1,000 bat species can be found worldwide. In fact, bats make up a quarter of all mammal species on earth!

Diet

70% of bats consume insects, sharing a large part of natural pest control. There are also fruit-eating bats; nectar-eating bats; carnivorous bats that prey on small mammals, birds, lizards and frogs; fish-eating bats, and perhaps most famously, the blood-sucking vampire bats of South America.

Population

While some bat populations number in the millions, others are dangerously low or in decline.

Range
Did You Know?
A single little brown bat can eat up to 1000 mosquitoes in a single hour, and is one of the world's longest-lived mammals for its size, with life spans of almost 40 years.

Bats can be found almost anywhere in the world except the polar regions and extreme deserts.

Behavior

Echolocation
Some bats have evolved a highly sophisticated sense of hearing. They emit sounds that bounce off of objects in their path, sending echoes back to the bats. From these echoes, the bats can determine the size of objects, how far away they are, how fast they are traveling and even their texture, all in a split second

Bats find shelter in caves, crevices, tree cavities and buildings. Some species are solitary while others form colonies of more than a million individuals.
Did You Know?
Giant flying foxes that live in Indonesia have wingspans of nearly six feet!

Overwintering
To survive the winter some species of bat migrate, others hibernate, and yet others go into torpor (regulated hypothermia that can last from a few hours to a few months).

Reproduction

Gestation: 40 days - 6 months (bigger bats have longer gestation periods)
Litter Size: Mostly one pup
For their size, bats are the slowest reproducing mammals on Earth. At birth, a pup weighs up to 25 percent of its mother's body weight, which is like a human mother giving birth to a 31 pound baby! Offspring typically are cared for in maternity colonies, where females congregate to bear and raise the young. Male bats do not help to raise the pups

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Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight. With extremely elongated fingers and a wing membrane stretched between, the bat's wing anatomically resembles the human hand. Almost 1,000 bat species can be found worldwide. In fact, bats make up a quarter of all mammal species on earth!

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Citation: MN DNR YOung Naturalists

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I wonder what predators eat bats.

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I wonder do bats eat wood?

FACT: No, they eat insects and plants. Citation: Database - PebbleGo

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Lots of curiousity in your class about baby bats. Since we can share our research, can you think of some different questions about baby bats? Let's research as a class.

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I'm wondering if they have fur when they have their babies.

FACT: All bats have live babies. They don't have eggs. Citation: Book - Bats and Their homes by Deborah Chase Gibson

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Credit: Wakaleo

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I wonder how do they hang upside-down.

FACT:  The bats fly to the ceiling of a cave. They grip it with their feet. Then they hang upside-down.

Citation: Book- Little Brown Bat by Joyce Markovics

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I wonder what are some species of bats.

FACT: There are more than 1,100 kinds of bats.
Web: Database- PebbleGo

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I wonder how big they are.

FACT: 15 centimeters to 1.8 meters Citation: Database - PebbleGo

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I wonder what they eat

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I wonder how long do bats live.

FACT: Some bats live up to 30 years. Citation: PebbleGo

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I wonder do bats fly.

FACT:  Bats are the only mammals with wings. Citation: PebbleGo

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I wonder how they can hear the insects so well.

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I wonder shat baby bats are called.

FACT: Baby bats are called pups. Most females give birth to one pup per year. Bats are born with their eyes closed.  Citation:  PebbleGo

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I wonder what they eat?

FACT:  Most bats eat insects. Some bats also eat plants.  A few eat small animals.   Citation: Database - PebbleGo

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I wonder what bats eat.

Fact : Bats eat insects and some eat plants and a few eat small animals

Citation: Database-PebbleGo

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What animals hunt bats?

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I wonder do bats lay eggs

FACT: No, bats do not lay eggs.   Citation: Database- PebbleGo

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We wonder how do bats see in the dark.

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We wonder how bats wings work.

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I wonder how do bats sleep with a grip.

FACT: They sleep in roosts when they sleep hanging upside down. their feet hold on tight. Citation: Book- Brown Bats by Christina Leaf

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I wonder if bats are nocturnal.

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I wonder how big is a brown bat.

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I wonder what bats eat.

FACT: Most bats eat insects. Some bats also eat plants. A few eat small animals. bats eat at night. Citation: Database-PebbleGo

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I wonder if bats are mammals and if they eat plants.

FACT. Yes they eat plnts and are mammals.   Citation: Database- PebbleGo