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Trivia about bats

  • These animals, the only mammals that can truly fly, are not rodents
  • Scientists who study these mammals in caves wear respirators to protect themselves from ammonia fumes
  • In Panama, the fringe-lipped species of these flying mammals eats frogs
  • Sausage trees, found in Africa, are pollinated by these flying mammals
  • Species of these include the mouse-eared, disk-winged, and fruit
  • If you make a house for these flying mammals, mount it at least 15 feet above the ground to attract them
  • The over 900 species of these mammals range from bumblebee size to others with a 5-foot wingspan
  • A colony of these creatures in San Antonio's Bracken Cave contains 20 million individuals
  • There are little brown & big brown species of this winged cave dweller
  • No exemptions! You can't keep these in a basement or a baseball park
  • Nearly a quarter of all species of mammals are these flyers
  • These flying mammals aren't really "blind"; most have small eyes concealed by fur
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  • If it's August & you're in Austin, Texas, indulge in a romantic dinner cruise to watch these flying mammals
  • A blog about baseball is named for these--pieces of equipment, not mammals
  • Baseball,cricket,vampire
  • 2 for the price of one: caves full of these leathery-winged mammals often contain cockroaches, too
  • At dusk, April through October, millions of these mammals fly out from under the Congress Ave. Bridge to feed
  • The American leaf-nosed species of this mammal mainly eats insects, but may chow down on an occasional frog
  • To avoid being eaten, some moths have a special organ to pick up high-frequency sounds made by these mammals
  • Vampire,Masterson,Louisville Slugger
  • Brown,fruit,vampire
  • When Lazzaro Spallanzani blinded them, they still flew; when he plugged their ears, they were disoriented
  • (Sarah indicates another monitor.) Watching Doppler the National Weather Service is fascinating--the expanding ring of blue is millions of these mammals that emerge in Texas only to tangle with a huge storm
  • Certain moths make sonar-jamming sounds to confuse these predators