BCP 201 First Timers: SO DD-2 (A-D)

Bat’s wings are made of flexible skin which has strong proteins in them called collagen.

Bats produce pulses that top out at 200 per minute!

When beginning to search for prey, most bats send out 2000 blasts per second of their sound which is too low for us to hear.

Flying fox bats can grow to have almost a 10-foot wing span!

In complete darkness, using only sound, fishing bats can detect a two-millimeter ripple on water caused by the Amazonian shark

Some bats have been known to fly through the spinning blades of a fan!

Outside of San Antonio, Texas there is a huge bat cave called Bracken Cave.

Bracken Cave can be home to as many as two hundred million bats! They fly to the cave in March each year to make it home.

When bats come out of Bracken cave, they are come out at a somewhat steady rate.