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13 interesting facts about bats
Did you know that there are over 1,200 different species of bats in the world?
Or what is the smallest bat in the world?
If you love these flying mammals check out our cool facts about bats!
There are two main groups of bats, which are Megachiroptera (Big Bats or Giant Bats) and Microchiroptera (Small Bats or Micro Bats).
Bats live in caves, trees, and buildings.
A swarm of bats are called swarms and young bats are nymphs.
Bats are mouse-like nocturnal mammals, they were known as flying mice or "flying" mice.
They are the only self-propelled mammal that is self-propelled.
The Noctule bats fly before sunset, while the Pipistrelles appears just after sunset.
The reason bats hang upside down when resting is because their limbs are unable to support the weight.
There are 17 species of bats in the UK.
The smallest bat in the world is called the Bumblebee Bat.
During hibernation, bats slow heart rate, breathing rate and other body functions to save energy.
In South America there are blood-eating bats, known as vampire bats, which is why people see bats at Halloween… because they are evil blood-sucking creatures.
The bat produces high frequency sounds and the echoes of these sounds bounce back, helping the bat to mentally map it.
Echolocation allows bats to determine the object's size, their location, their speed of movement and even their texture!
We hope you enjoyed 13 facts about these bats, if you have anything more to share, leave them in the comments below!
