Welcome to the Bat Cave

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Welcome to the Bat Cave

• Click on a bat to find a fact about a bat.

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Not all bats are blind.
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Bats are the only mammals that fly.
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Nearly all bats are nocturnal.
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Bats use sonar for flying and finding food.
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Most bats eat insects.
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Guano of bats used for explosives.
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Bats sleep in caves, crevices, human- made
structures and tree cavities.
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Bats sleep hanging upside down by their hind feet.
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Bats range in size from one inch to sixteen
inches.
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Many bats have long, gray fur.
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Bats faces range from fox-like to having pig
snouts.
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Bats have twenty-two baby teeth.
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The young of bats are called pups.
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Most bats give birth once a year.
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Bats are born bottom first.
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Only females take care of the offspring.
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Bats learn to fly in eighteen days.
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These animals eat bats snakes, hawks, owls,
weasels, raccoons, and wild and domestic dogs and
cats.
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The little brown bat lives up to 32 years.
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Bats belong to the order of Chiroptera.
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Nearly half of the bat species are endangered.
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