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mammal that has true flight (although a few mammals can glide). Bats are nocturnal and found in all tropical and temperate regions. Most are brown, grey, or black. A bat's wing is formed by a sheet of skin stretched over a frame of greatly elongated bones. Bats are able to navigate in complete darkness by means of a kind of
sonar, which uses echoes of the bat's own supersonic squeaks to locate obstacles and prey. Many bats live largely on insects, some are carnivorous, some drink blood, some live on nectar and pollen, and one group – flying foxes – subsist on fruit. Most are small, although they range in wingspan from 25cm–147cm (10–58in). The 178 genera of bats make up the order Chiroptera.
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Bats aren't really all that spooky
Newspaper article from: The Topeka ; 10/28/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...migrates. Evening bat --- Roosts in buildings; migrates. Bats naturally roost in...and returns to the bat's ears. Echolocation is unique to bats, and some species...will attract other bats if the area is not properly cleaned. If bat droppings are present...
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Bats.
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 9/27/1995; 700+ words
; ...have heard expressions like - "blind as a bat," "bats in the belfry," or "ding-bat." Bats are interesting and unusual animals that are often misunderstood. Bat Facts Although bats can fly, they are not at all like birds...
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 "Weekly Reader, Edition K (including Science Spin)")
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Bats fly at night.(Science)
Magazine article from: Weekly Reader, Edition K (including Science Spin); 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Bats hang upside down. This bat eats fruit. Bats sleep during the day. These...for food at night. This bat eats bugs. Some bats live in attics or barns...to cut out and color the bat shape. Display the bats near the Big Issue. Poems...
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Bats are beautiful // At long last conservationists are going to bat for the `evil' bat
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/14/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...ears and fangs. But not all bats are ugly. A fruit bat has a cute puppy-dog face...night. In rain forests, many bats eat fruit. Seeds get distributed through bat droppings, which provide fertilizer. Other bats eat nectar, as bees do...
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BATS Exchange Reports 9.48% October Matched Market Share; BATS Europe Sets Records for FTSE 100, All of Europe.
Business Wire; 11/2/2009; 700+ words
; BATS Europe Marks First Anniversary with Record...in October KANSAS CITY, Mo. & LONDON -- BATS Global Markets, an innovative global financial markets technology company, reports that BATS Exchange earned 9.48% US matched market...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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GIVING BATS THEIR DUE CREATURES AREN'T SO SCARY FOR SOME PEOPLE.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 7/8/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...surge in human exposure to bats has put much of the state on bat alert. Last month, state...students call her the Bat Lady. ``Bats are very shy and gentle...keeper, handles exotic bats like the gray-headed fruit bat from Australia, Africa...
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Bats!(Make-a-Book)
Magazine article from: Weekly Reader, Edition K (including Science Spin); 10/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...Information * The species of bats shown in this issue are ghost bat (cover), gray bat...page 7), long-eared bat (page 8). * Bats are nocturnal. They...Literature Connection * Bat Jamboree, by Kathi Appelt * Bats Around the Clock, by...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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BAT POPULATION FALLING.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/27/1997; 700+ words
; ...stirring, not even the bats'') and bat houses (the bat equivalent...houses the Jamaican fruit bats, is a visitor favorite. Several interactive bat exhibitions are making...baby a year. In size, bats range from the bumblebee bat of Thailand, which...
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Bats of Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...three additional bat species, including silver-haired bats (Lasionycteris...for eastern red bats, but also for other migratory bat species. INTRODUCTION...2007) . Some bat species, including northern yellow bats (Lasiurus intermedins...
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BATS ARE A BALL FOR PEST-CHASER WHO LOVES FURRY FLYING CRITTERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/2/1997; 700+ words
; ...is a peak time for bat activity -- specifically...little and big brown bats, which are the species...Health Department's bat policies are inhumane...maintains that many bats are being needlessly...has a soft spot for bats. Often referred to by customers as ``the Bat Man,'' he ...
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bat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...captivity. Special Characteristics Bat Flight Bats are the only mammals capable...leaves them helpless. Types of Bats The bat order is divided on anatomical...pollen. The insect-eating bats include the smallest bat species. Despite the name...
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Baseball Bat
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...shorter, lighter bats to smash balls into...seats. Aaron's bat measured 35 inches...hits in three at-bats using the new bat. And the rest, as...for custom-made bats from other players...his father to add bat manufacturing to the...
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vampire bat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
vampire bat name for the blood-drinking bats of the family Desmodontidae...poison and release it; when the bat returns to its roost the poison will be licked by other bats. Members of another bat family, the Megadermatidae...
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Bat Industries Plc
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Bat Industries Plc Windsor House 50 Victoria Street...sseldorf Basle Zurich Paris Brussels Geneva BAT Industries, a tobacco-based conglomerate...It was from these two tobacco companies that BAT, which today deals all over the world not...
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fruit bat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
fruit bat fruit-eating bat found in tropical regions of the Old World...relatively large and differs from other bats in the possession of an independent...or flying foxes, are S Asian fruit bats whose short jaws and powerful teeth are...
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