{"id":19168,"date":"2020-05-26T18:29:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T18:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/?p=19168"},"modified":"2020-05-26T18:29:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T18:29:51","slug":"bats-in-the-belfry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/2020\/05\/26\/bats-in-the-belfry\/","title":{"rendered":"Bats in the Belfry!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi all, Caspian is back,<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

There are over 1200 species of bat, including:-<\/p>\n

Long-eared bat<\/p>\n

Common pipestrelle<\/p>\n

Common noctule bat<\/p>\n

Vampire bat (yes they are real!)<\/p>\n

Lesser noctule bat<\/p>\n

Natterrers bat<\/p>\n

Whiskered bat (looks like a flying shrew)<\/p>\n

Big brown bat<\/p>\n

Little brown bat<\/p>\n

Let’s wrap that up and move on to some batty facts:-<\/p>\n

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.)<\/p>\n

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Not all bats hibernate but the ones that do, hibernate for 183 days.<\/p>\n

Long eared bats fold their ears when in flight as their ears slow them down otherwise.<\/p>\n

Only three species of vampire bat drink only blood, nothing else.<\/p>\n

The largest bats are the flying foxes with wingspans of up to 2 metres and a body weights of up to 1.5 kilograms.<\/p>\n

All UK bat species use echolocation <\/strong>(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)\u00a0 to navigate and hunt for insects in the dark.<\/p>\n

Bats are the only true flying mammals in the world.<\/p>\n

A tiny pipistrelle can eat up to 3,000 insects in a night!!<\/p>\n

There are pipistrelles and long-eared bats colonies living in Holywood.<\/p>\n

Mum says bats are extremely cute!<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Goodbye and I’ll be back tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … <\/p>\n

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