Bats - my heroes!
Have you ever been sitting on the deck watching a fire in the evening but have to give up and go in the house because no amount of insecticide will give you relief from the mosquitoes? Just think - a small brown bat can eat 500 mosquitoes and hour! Now I don't know how many hours a night they work but just 3 or 4 each night by a couple would make my life much more pleasant. Bats just hang out in their bat house during the day and really don't want any contact with humans. They do their own thing about making the life cycle of the environment work. So why do people not want them around?
Just what is a Bat?
from Wikipedia
BatsFossil range: Late Paleocene - Recent
"Chiroptera" from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria[1]
Order: Chiroptera
Blumenbach, 1779
Suborders
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A bat is a mammal in the order Chiroptera. Their most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of flight (though other mammals, such as flying squirrels, gliding flying possums and colugos, can glide for limited distances). The word Chiroptera comes from the Greek words cheir "hand" and pteron "wing," as the structure of the open wing is very similar to an outspread human hand with a membrane (patagium) between the fingers that also stretches between hand and body.
A measure of the success of bats is their estimated total of about 1,100 species of bats worldwide, accounting for about 20 percent of all mammal species.[2] About 70 percent of bats are insectivores. Most of the rest are frugivores, with a few species being carnivorous. Bats are present throughout most of the world.
Bats perform a vital ecological role by pollinating some flowers, and also have an important role in seed dispersal; indeed, many tropical plants are entirely dependent on bats. This role explains environmental concerns when a bat is introduced in a new setting.[clarify] Tenerife provides a recent example with the introduction of the Egyptian fruit bat.[clarify] Bats range in size from the Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat to the Giant golden-crowned flying fox.
Bats in the Northeast are Dying Off
The internet affords us a world of information
Check out these various links about Bats.
There are numerous sites that can help us learn so much about the life, history, and conservation of bats. These are some places to start your search.
- Bat Conservation International
- This is the home site of 'Bat Conservation International'. It works to preserve the habitat and population of the bat world.
- Bats - Defenders of Wildlife
- A site that explores and gives sounds, video and general information about bats and other wildlife.
- KidZone Bats
- Lessons, printables and activities to teach kids the truth about bats.
- Bat Conservation and Mining
- Report on a study of the Indiana Bat and Coal Mining.
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Bats are a part of the circle of life -
They are a natural predator for the insects that irritate us so much each evening
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Bats are the main concern of many people - and they write about them
- Bat boxes
- Two weekends ago, the Bat Conservation Trust's Ed Santry popped into some East London housing estates to give some talks on bats and bat conservation. This was part of the London Wildlife Trust's Cockney Sparrow Project, ...
- Urban Wildlife: Bat Facts
- For more information on British bats and helpful advice on the legal status of roosts etc., visit the Bat Conservation Trust website. If you are in America, try the Bat Conservation International website for useful information on bats ...
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- New Covent Garden, the nation's favourite fresh soup brand, is brewing a Halloween special with its latest Soup of the Month.The company is launching its first ever Witches' Brew, a limited edition smooth pumpkin and tomato soup - full ...
- Wildlife Wednesday: Bat Conservation
- Bat Conservation International, an Austin, Texas-based bat conservation group, works with mine cleanup crews to ensure that human safety and bat habitat can both be preserved at the same time. Specially designed gates keep humans out of ...
Bats are a great part of our environment.
It is important to our environment for people to learn and understand the bat population. They are our friends.
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In their aides-to-horticulture, bats-like honeybees- flit from flower to flower, feeding on nectar and pollen or seeking out the insects that crawl inside the blossoms to feed on nectar. In so doing, bats carry pollen and seeds with them, pollinating and dispersing as they go.
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- goldminer82007 goldminer82007 Apr 18, 2009 @ 6:38 pm
- Bats are some of our best friends. you are right. To bad that people are so scared of them. Most of this is from old wives tales and a little help from hollywood movies on vampires and other such nonsense. If folks would learn about them and the massive amount of insects they eat they might decide to keep a few around.
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- websaver websaver Apr 11, 2009 @ 10:59 am
- It's a pity more people dont understand these creatures, they do a lot of good to our surroundings. My hobby is building bat houses, I guess that is the best I can do for them, great lense by the way
Visit my bat social network site
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- bixby bixby Mar 8, 2009 @ 12:06 am
- Bats are great critters. They are natural insect control units as well as agents of natural pollination. The exciting thing is that you can purchase bat houses on line.
These artificial cavities are both fun and an excellent resource for one to provide a room for these help creatures. Many myths surround bats and there are those that simply are not true. What a great creature that God has created.
Gary
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- flighty02 flighty02 Oct 20, 2008 @ 9:32 am
- Bats aren't scary but its frightening that many species of bat are in danger of extinction. Here in Britain all species of bats are protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act and it is illegal intentionally to kill, injure or take any bat, to disturb roosting bats, or to damage, destroy or obstruct access to any place used by bats for roosting. 5* for sharing a litle knowlege.
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- jbs260 jbs260 Oct 5, 2008 @ 10:22 pm
- Lots of bats live in Caves around the world, only coming out at night to eat (insects, fruits, etc.). They are more advantage to us than most people will admit. the bat houses above should be put on a pole or straight tree about 12-15 feet in the air. When bats leave the house they drop out the bottom and fly once clear of the house.
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