bats hang upside down when resting or sleeping

• Vampire bats don't really turn into Count Dracula,

• Vampire bats prey mainly on cows, horses

and other large mammals.  They make a

shallow wound with their razor-sharp teeth

then they lick up the blood.

Found in central and south America

                               

A bats wing is similar to a human arm!

There are close to 1,000 different species of bats. 

A lot of bats, eat fruit.

There are also a number of

bats who eat  insects,

fish, frogs and small animals. 

Babies feed on their mothers milk

                                                                      

bats have large ears and small eyes

Bats feed at night (they are "nocturnal")

They usually sleep together in huge groups.  

Some caves may be home to thousands of bats

Bats are the only flying mammals.

During the cold winter,

some bats migrate to a

warmer area. Some bats

(the brown bat) hibernate

during the cold of winter,

sleeping very deeply until

warm weather arrives.

Batman is the only superhero, who has no superpowers

Bats cannot see very well, (but are not blind)

There echo-location system allows

Them to catch small insects in complete

Darkness.

• Bats Can live in the roof of your house

You could be fined up to £5000 for

killing or harming a bat.

They are an endangered species!!

Produced , designed and

researched by Lydia Kamara -Falconer

GUEST STARRING

Batman and Count Dracula

Special thanks to my mum and

all the world population of

bats!