Bats and more

CHARACTERISTIC

• Insectivorous bats are considered beneficial for humans and many species play an important role in pollinating plants and dispersing seeds. Due to its size and number of fruit bats Eurasia may constitute an economic threat when they invade orchards, but perhaps the greater the adverse effect of the transmission of diseases, especially rabies, pets . This problem is important in the case of the American tropics, where vampire bats infected bites have led to local outbreaks of rabies in cattle and have decimated entire herds. Other non-vampire bats can contract and transmit rabies; however, the prevalence of infection was low, outbreaks are rare, and attacks on humans are rare.         

• The wings of bats are composed of cartilage with small amounts of calcium. The bones are similar to human fingers, but more flexible. If a bat wing wear have the ability to repair itself.

HABITAT

• The bat is a very adaptable creature and research shows that there are very few places in the world where they live, often do so in caves where they have access to water, safe to hide from predators during the day places, and plenty of food . Often large colonies of bats are rarely found and only a few bats in a given location.

• Sometimes, abandoned mine shafts provide the right environment for bats under bridges is another common place where bats are found, rest under large trees, these sites help keep them well hidden from predators.