The nearly 1,000 different kinds of bats
in the world eat a variety of foods, and sometimes, while doing so, help
Fruit-eating bats prefer
As they fly they drop seeds
which can grow into new trees.
Bats that like to eat
By going from flower to flower,
bats help make new plants.
bats use vision,
echolocation and sounds from their prey to
help locate their food.
Fishing bats grab little
out of the
water with their claws. Echolocation is used to find this
Most vampire bats drink
the of birds. One kind of vampire bat
also drinks the blood of other mammals like cattle.
The study of this bat's saliva may someday help humans with heart problems.
70 Percent of bats eat
Little Brown Bat can eat up to
1,200 night flying insects in just one hour.
This helps all of us.
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