Bats are mammals because they have hair, are warm-blooded & feed their babies milk.
In spring, Mother bats look for a warm, dark place to have babies.
Baby bats are called “Pups”
A young bat can fly between 2 - 5 weeks old!
Hoary & Silver haired bats can have twins.
Bats rest hanging upside-down. A bats wings looks like the fingers of a hand.
They are nocturnal. They rest during the day.
A group of bats is a colony. Bats lower their body temperatures to near freezing when they hibernate. Bats can live for 20 years, a long time for a small mammal. Pallid bats can walk on the ground. Bats are not blind. Bats do not get tangled in your hair.
There are 15 kinds of bats in Oregon. Bats in Oregon eat only insects. An adult bat can eat 1000 bugs every hour. Bats in Oregon hibernate or migrate in the winter because insects are hard to find.
Sources :
Batcon.com
National Geographic Kids - Bats
Our Wild World Bats
Lets Look at Bats
Bats in the Dark
Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
By Hank
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