CORE 1 SO First Timers: DD-2 (I-L)

Bats have very elongated fingers that can change the shape of their wings very quickly making high speed turns easy for them.

A nursing mother bat can catch over 4500 insects in a night! Then mom comes back to nurse her young like a momma dog does her puppies

Most of the 20 million bats in Bracken cave don’t get to their personalized sleeping spot on the cave ceiling without collisions and no one hogging another’s place. There are a lot of crashes and a lot of falling into the bat guano on the floor of the cave! But it’s no problem. The bats do a 34g-power shake like the hummingbird does and they’re up and zooming again!

Some bats can be remarkably ugly but their ugly face is great equipment for hi-tech flying.

The Flying Foxes wrap themselves with their wings at night. A bat-blankie!

Just as 1800’s trappers in the American West would follow a certain course to see if their traps caught anything, the flying fox bats fly to many places and stop to see if there is food in special spots along the route. They can go 20 miles to get their desired yummies… just like some folks do! : )