LITTLE BROWN BATS FLYING NIGHTMARES Power Point by Rafferty

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction What Bats Look Like How Long They Live Where Bats Live What weather they live in Bat Food Prey and predators Behavior Reproduction Physiological adaptations Behavioral adaptations Fun facts

The scientific name for a bat is chiropteran They are in the mammal family They are the only mammal that has sustained flight There are 1,100 bat species There are two types of bats: Mega bats and micro bats Brown bats are micro bats INTRODUCTION

Their body and hair color are brown They have big ears they can spread their wings 22/27cm they weigh 0.5 oz they pick up sounds from far away but can not see in color They have thumbs that help them climb and also to keep them clean they have sharp teeth to eat their prey WHAT LITTLE BROWN BATS LOOK LIKE

They have four very long fingers that are in their wings Their tail helps it catch its food because its tail is like a net There are 782 species of micro bats Their feet look like hands MORE OF WHAT BATS LOOK LIKE

They are not endangered They normally live 6 or 7 years But can live up to 15 years HOW LONG THEY LIVE

Little Brown Bats live mostly in North America – Canada, US, Mexico They live in old buildings, hollow trees, in wood piles, caves or under rocks They also like to sleep under metal roofs and in your attic WHERE THEY LIVE

Bats like cool weather They like to come out when it turns 50°F They stay in their caves during the day so they are not to hot r WEATHER THEY LIVE IN

They get their food from echolocation Echolocation is how they use sound to find their food They make a screeching sound that bounces off their food HOW BATS CATCH FOOD

Snakes and rats and even big birds eat bats Bats eat mice, insects, small birds, and frogs BATS love to eat moths, the most PREY AND PREDATOR WHAT THEY EAT AND WHAT EATS THEM

They are nocturnal (come out at night) They leave their caves at dusk If the moms leave their babies before they learn to fly they will fall and die BEHAVIOR HOW THEY ACT

The male and the female do not stick together after mating The female takes care of babies They breed only once per year and only one baby per female REPRODUCTION BABIES

They have thumbs that help them climb and clean themselves They have wings that allow them to fly away from their predators They have big ears to hear from far away PHYSICAL ADAPTATION HOW IT ADAPTS TO THE SURROUNDINGS

Bats sleep for 20 hours a day so they can fly all night Bats are warm blooded it keeps them warm They don’t like cold weather so they fly south or hibernate during the winter BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS

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A single brown bat can catch around 1,200 mosquitoes in one hour There are 3 species of vampire bats which feed only on blood Vampire bats can carry rabies, making their bites potentially dangerous FUN FACTSFUN FACTS

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