| The Halloween Bat. Did you know that...At this | | | | conversation at your next blood-vomit punch |
| time of year you can expect to find the | | | | party. Share theknowledge!* Bats have a thumb |
| Halloween bat all over town. They areeverywhere. | | | | and four fingers on each hand. These fingers are |
| You can see them in almost every window, | | | | the bones or 'struts'they use to spread their thin, |
| pasted on doors, and very often evenhanging | | | | skin membranes into flying wings. As they stretch |
| from porches. As familiar as they are, there are | | | | theirfingers the skin unfolds into wings. |
| some important and interestingfacts that you | | | | * A bat's fingers are especially long. If a human |
| probably did not know about them.* First off, | | | | being had fingers that were as long as abat's, |
| bats are the only mammals that have the ability | | | | comparatively, their fingers would be dragging on |
| to fly. | | | | the ground. Sort of a permanentmanicure. |
| * There are over one thousand different species | | | | * Bats are not blind as most people think. The |
| of bats.The most frequently occurring Halloween | | | | truth is they can see just as well as a |
| bat we have is the blood sucking Vampire bat. | | | | humanbeing. |
| Thevampire drinks blood. How spooky is that. | | | | * Not all bats have radar. Actually, none of them |
| And, how appropriate for a Halloween bat. But | | | | do. But, some bats use echolocation, asonar like |
| thetruth of the matter is that this bat suffers | | | | system used by dolphins, bats, and other animals |
| greatly from an undeserved bad reputation.Here | | | | to detect and locate objects. |
| are some facts that may change your mind | | | | They send out an unsually high-pitched 'squeak', |
| about this fellow, the Vampire bat.* To begin with, | | | | just like sonar. The squeak reflects offan object |
| the Vampire bat is pretty small. He is the size of | | | | and returns to the animal's ears or other sensory |
| a small mouse. | | | | receptors. This is how theyfind their prey but, |
| * Vampire bats very seldom bite humans. This is | | | | again, while most bat species can do this not all |
| an extremely infrequent occurrence. | | | | have this ability.The Halowen bat is as familiar as |
| * Vampire bats do not normally kill their prey by | | | | Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny. It's no wonder |
| biting them. Actually, they feed on smallamounts | | | | whyweenjoy the treats and innocent pranks of |
| of blood they suck from other resting mammals | | | | Halloween so much. Here are some great |
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| with their specialized incisor teeth. | | | | out of your holiday for yourself and your |
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