Did You Know:

• A bat can eat up to half its body weight in insects every night.
• Bats catch insects in flight using their mouth and a wing pouch near their shoulder.
• Bats are not mice - they belong to a separate order called Chiroptera.
• One quarter of all mammal species are bats.
• Bats are the only mammals that can fly.
• The little brown bat can live up to 32 years.
• Bats have poor eyesight. They use sound, like ships use sonar, to navigate at night and find food. This is called 'echolocation.'
• A bat can hear the footsteps of a walking insect!
• Many plants, like dates, bananas and figs rely on fruit bats for polination.

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