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1. Bats are mammals. What can they do that no other mammals can do?

 
Find the answer at: http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/know.html

 

2. Bats can barely see, so how do they find their way around?

 
Find the answer at: www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/eutheria/chiroptera.html

 

3. What is the smallest bat in the world? How light is it?

 
Find the answer at: www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/bat/

 

4. Wrinkled-lipped bats often roost together in caves. How many bats might be in one cave together?

 

Find the answer at: http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/flyingace/wrinkledbat.html

 

5. What are three things that different kinds of bats eat?

 
Find the answer at: http://members.aol.com/bats4kids2/food.htm

 

6. Megabats are large, fruit-eating bats that live in tropical rain forests. What are they sometimes called?

 
Find the answer at: www.batconservation.org/content/kidspage/kidspage.htm

 

7. Where did the Spotted Bat get its name?

 
Find the answer at: www.batconservation.org/content/meetourbats/spottedbatinfo.htm

 

8. What are two ways that bats are helpful to humans?

 
Find the answer at: http://members.aol.com/bats4kids2/help.htm

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