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See how many true or false questions you can get right. |
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False. Although
bats have relatively good eyesight, most bats depend on sonar to
navigate and catch insects in the dark. |
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False. Bats can
find tiny insect in total darkness. They are much too smart to fly
into people. |
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True. Insect
eating bats can eat up to half their body weight in insects in one
night. The record for mosquito catching is 600 in one hour! |
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False. Bats are
clean and groom themselves just like cats. Bats can get rabies,
like all mammals, but few do. Remember, bats are wild
animals. You have nothing to fear if you never touch a bat. |
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True. Some
mammals, like flying squirrels, can glide. Bats are the only
mammals that can really fly. |
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False. While both
bats and mice are mammals, bats are not rodents and are more closely
related to primates . |
Other interesting things about bats:
Bats ears are located far apart on their head. Each ear can
pick up its own set of sounds. That is why a bat can chase an insect
through chair slats, catch the insect and not touch the chair. Scientists
believe that each bat has it own set of sounds and that each hears only its own
echoes----even in a crowded cave with thousand of bats.
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