Hi all, Caspian is back,
Today I wrote down some of the bat species I have been researching, drew two of them (common pipistrelle and the long-eared bats), and wrote down some facts about them too.
There are over 1200 species of bat, including:-
Long-eared bat
Common pipestrelle
Common noctule bat
Vampire bat (yes they are real!)
Lesser noctule bat
Natterrers bat
Whiskered bat (looks like a flying shrew)
Big brown bat
Little brown bat
Let’s wrap that up and move on to some batty facts:-
Some bats are as small as bees; the bumblebee bat weighs only 2g and is the world’s smallest mammal. (Also known as Kitti’s hog-nosed bat.)
Not all bats hibernate but the ones that do, hibernate for 183 days.
Long eared bats fold their ears when in flight as their ears slow them down otherwise.
Only three species of vampire bat drink only blood, nothing else.
The largest bats are the flying foxes with wingspans of up to 2 metres and a body weights of up to 1.5 kilograms.
All UK bat species use echolocation (the same thing dolphins use – they send out a sound vibration and when that vibration hits something, it bounces back to the bat and the bat follows the way to the echolocation source) to navigate and hunt for insects in the dark.
Bats are the only true flying mammals in the world.
A tiny pipistrelle can eat up to 3,000 insects in a night!!
There are pipistrelles and long-eared bats colonies living in Holywood.
Mum says bats are extremely cute!
Today, I also created a menu with all the food groups in it. We are going to prepare it and eat only that for a day.
Goodbye and I’ll be back tomorrow.
You’ve done some great research Caspian! Thanks for sharing those interesting facts about bats.
I love all your bat facts Caspian – I hadn’t realised there were several species of vampire bat. There are bats that fly around my garden at night but I am not sure if they pipistrelles or long-eared bats – they fly too fast for me to identify them.
Some great facts there Caspian. Well done !
I think bats are pretty cute like your mum, there used to be lots in the belltower at my old primary school. Thanks for sharing all the facts you have learned about them!