Bats

							Bats and Sound



An Amazing Mammal
By the smart 3rd graders
Room 403
          Echolocation


 Sound is very important to the bat because it is
the sound or echoes that helps the bat find its way
in the dark. The sound or echoes also help to find
the prey the bats eat.
Using echolocation, bats send out sound waves .
If the high pitched waves hit an object , the sound
wave comes back to the bat as an echo. The bat
then knows what is in front of him like radar. This
is also called sonar sound waves.
        Bat Capes




  Bats are mammals. They are warm-
blooded. Bats have furry bodies and
hairless wings. It is the only mammal
that flies.
The bats’ wings are
webbed hands. They
have elastic skin from
their fingers to their
feet.
  Most bats are brown,
but they can be other
colors too.
Batty Eating Habits

    Bats have huge
appetites. Their favorite foods
include beetles, moths, flies,
mosquitoes, grasshoppers, crickets,
and sometimes scorpions. Some
tropical bats like fruit. Other bats
eat fish, frogs, mice, or small birds.


They live where there are lots of
insects to eat!
            Bat Habitats
    Bats are found on
every continent except
Antarctica. Bats are
found in swamps,
deserts, grasslands,
and even in colder
regions.
Bat Homes

          Some common
        bat “homes” are
        caves, tall trees,
        bushes, barns, and
        fence-posts.
           Bats live in
        colonies. They like
        to have lots of
        friends to “hang”
        out together.
     Bats like habitats where there is lots of food
  and good places to roost. During the day bats
  sleep in caves, crevices, tree cavities, and
  human made structures. Almost all bats rest
  and sleep, or roost, hanging upside down by
  their hind feet.

  Bats are nocturnal.
They sleep during the
day and hunt at night.
 Other Interesting Facts
      About Bats
  Baby bats are called pups. The mother bat has
one baby pup per litter. Baby bats grow quickly.
Pups fly when they are 4 months old.


Bats clean themselves like cats.
They clean themselves everyday.
   The smallest bat is the bumblebee
bat. It is the smallest mammal in the
world. It weighs less than a penny.
The largest bat is the flying fox.
   A bat may eat 500 insects an hour.
   Bats stay away from humans. If a
bat goes near a human, it may be sick.
   Bats help us because they eat
insects and they also help to
pollunate plants.
Things to Remember About
    our Friend the Bat

    There are many myths about bats.
  Bats are not blind, they are not rodents,
  and they will not get tangled in your hair.
       The truth is that bats are among
  the most gentle, beneficial, and
  necessary animals on earth.
        Learn more about the bat and
  share the good things that you learn!
How many more interesting facts
can you find about bats?
Use the resources below from our
school library to help you:
    Bats, Zoobooks
    Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats, by
    Earle, Ann
    Bats, Scalena, Sharen
    Encarta Encyclopedia CD