Bats
Terry Elementary School Selma, CA th 4 Grade
What do you think of when you hear the word bat? Baseball? Blood sucking demons? Killers? Flying mammals? Weird? Ugly? Pokemon? These are some of the thoughts we had before we learned about bats. Did you know that bats are actually helpful to our environment? Jump in and read! Does your thought of the word bat change?
Bat Facts By Manveer, Josue, Yajayra, Alaya Bats have unique body structures. A bat folds its wings next to its body when not flying. Bats have one claw sometimes called a bat thumb. It sticks out of the tip of the wing. They use their thumbs to clear their ears. Bats also have tails that help them live. Some bats flap their tails faster than their wings and others slower. A bat flaps its wing bat the sametime it flaps its wings the tail changes direction the bat flies. For example, several groups of bats send echolocation calls through their
noses. Bats that use echolocation don't use their smell fruit bats do Bats have special body structure to survive in nature. One detail is, bats have two thin wings that are shaped like a hand and arm of a human. Bats thumb that catch prey and hanging from the ceiling cave instead of falling down. Second detail is, a little brown bats body is covered in fur that help them survive in the wild plus they have small dot like nose that is excellent for smelling . Third detail is bat usual behavior is echolocation and the echolocation come from one of the bats structure the nose
or the mouth. Bats that send echolocation out of the nose have a special structure called the nose leave. A bat has much more flexible wing structure. Bats arms and hand are kind of like humans bats can move their wings like hands . The bats have roughly 9 millimeter long a third of a inch. Bats are not blind but they can't see that good in the daytime but in the night the can see perfectly using echolocation. Echolocation is the use of sound waves and echoes to determine where objects are in space. There sense of sight night time vision that makes them rapid high know you learned about bat structures.
Bat Species By: Omar, Emily, Sean, Adamaris, Sandra What do you think when you hear the word bat species? There are 1,200 types of bats in the world. We have some bats that live in California. There are more than 150 types of fruit bats. Scientist call bats chiroptera which means handwings. There are bats named big brown bat, little brown bat, eptesicus bat, Vesper bat, Fisher bat. Fisher bats eat fish. There are big bats like the flying fox and small bats like the little brown bat. All species of bats are have different sizes of ears, noses, and eyes. That
was information you might want to hear again. Bats are some interesting flying mammal.
Bat habitats By Irie, Mareli, Akram, and Mathieu Bats live all over the world except cold places like antarctica. They live in old buildings, high in trees, caves, attics, mine shafts, hollow trees, old wells, under tree bark, under bridges, rock crevices, and barns. A group of bats is called a camp. 100 to 1,000 bats can live together. Spotted bats live in small cracks in cliffs. Roosts are places bats like to sleep during the day. Some bats prefer to roost in caves or in hollow trees. Silver haired bats live close to streams, ponds, and rivers. Leaf nosed bats live in the Sonoran desert and also rock shelters. Spotted bats like small cracks in cliffs. Yellow bats live in roosts in trees. Brazilian free tailed bats live in roof tiles and form
large collines in caves. Mexican free tailed bats prefer to roost in caves and roosts near water. Big free tailed bats like canyons and roosts in crevices. Those are just some places they live.
Myth and Interesting Facts By Andrea, Jasmin, Daniela, and Jorge
There are myths and interesting fact about bats. These are some interesting facts. Bats are not flying mice. Some people think that they are flying mice, but they are not. Bats are afraid of humans and try to stay away from people. Bat are the only flying mammals. Here are some myths. They can eat up to 1,200 mosquitos in one hour. Other bats eat fruit or nectar and can play important roles in pollination. There are only three species of vampire bats.
​BATS LIFE CYCLE By: Miranda, Izabella, and Mario
This story is about the life cycle of a bat. Most bats give birth between May and July. A baby bat is called a pup. Bats usually have 1 pup. A mother bat can feed milk to their pups 5 weeks to 5 months. Bats can live up to 20 to 30 years. A bat family is called a colony. A California bat is known as the Big Brown Bat. They can live up to 20 years or more and some big brown bats can die their first winter.
There are different species of bats, for example the Vampire bats are talles and medium size. They measure in length of 7-9 cm (8-35 inches.) Vampire bats eat mostly blood like mammals and birds. All vampire bats weigh about two ounces. Indiana bats are medium sized species and can range in color from brown, black or gray. Indiana bats are only 2 inches in the length when full grown and are distributed in many areas of the United States. Bats learn to fly around 3 to 4 weeks and search for food. Mating occurs mainly in fall and winter but females do not become pregnant until spring, just after hibernation ends. This is our story about the life cycle of many bats.
Fruit Bats Diet By Eric, Adolofo, Jovannie, Haru Fruit bats mostly drink fruit juice and flower nectar. They also eat the seeds, the peel, and the pulp. They only chew on the fruit and spit out the seeds and the pulp. Fruit bats use their sense of smell to find their food. They don’t eat all fruit that people believe they do. They use their teeth to crush the fruit. The fruit bats favorite food are seeds, pollen from flowers, figs, mangoes, dates, and bananas.
Bats By: Zachary, Jesus, Omar M., Alexander Bats have many enemies. Such as, Weasels, Owls, Snakes, Hawks, and Racoons. Sadly, people can be a threat to bats if they’re not careful. Snakes and weasels are a big threat to bats. They can go into their roost and eat them. Owls and hawks are enemies too, they can catch them when they are flying or when they are asleep. Bats have lots of enemies but they have ways to fight them. They fight back with their claws, teeth, and many other ways. Bats also can get hurt by racoons if they’re not careful at the night. Bats are cool animals and we should take very good care of them.
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