1. 1 The Big Brown Bat By: Adrian

2. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS MEET THE BIG BROWN BAT…3 HOME SWEET HOME …...4 DINNER TIME………………5 ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS….6 LABELS……………………..7 READ MOE/FUN FACTS….8 GLOSSARY………………...9

3. 3 Meet the big brown bat The ears, wings and tail are black. The top of the bat is brown. It also flies. It sleeps upside-down.

4. 4 Home Sweet Home They live in different places such as cities, desserts, meadows and towns. Big brown bats are found in 48 states. They live in caves, mines under tree bark and bridges.

5. 5 Dinner time They eat insects like moths, stinkbugs, lacewings, mosquitoes and wasps. Bats are one of natures valuable mammal that eats night flying insects.

6. 6 Adaptations Brown bats are very strong and can handle winter weather Better than other bats. They can live 18 years along as they Eat plenty of food and the weather doesn't drop below freezing. A lot of bats do not survive their first winter.

7. 7 Fun Facts They fly for 40 miles. Also they fly for 18 miles.

8. 8 Labels www.exploringnature.com

9. 9 Glossary Flies- to fly Dessert- hot place Handle- to survive Mammal – an animal with fur, breathes with lungs and feeds their young milk

10. 10 Resources www.dnr.state.oh.us www.exploringnature.com www.oregonlive.com www.laurelcaverns.com/BigBrownBat.jpg www.nps.gov www.americanartifacts.com/smma/per/b12.htm www.inchinapinch.com www.snakesofga.com/bats www.fineartamerica.com

11. 11 Meet the Author/Illustrator

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