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Welcome to the bat lovers club! of course, this club is dedicated to our fine little furry flying friends, the bats~!

any pictures with bats/bat like creatures are welcome!
No torture pictures of bats please. (If I find those on here, I will delete them automatically)

some facts about bats: (taken from my journal)

I got a new small book called “Bats of the World”. From this book, I have learned many new things about our little fine friends~! 8D
Image of book:

One thing I learned was that they are, in fact, very intelligent.
Like a dog, bats can be taught to do certain things.

Quote from the book: “Most bats are intelligent and can be easily trained, though they should never be kept as pets. They can be taught to fly or walk through mazes and to respond to commands. For instance, Fringe-lipped Bats have been trained by experts in as little as two hours to respond to verbal or hand signals, and to fly toward a frog from a specific direction. Bats in training or rehabilitation learn to recognize and trust their human caretakers. Some species and individuals are more easily trained than others. But most can be trained in a matter of days”(pg 43).

Some other interesting facts:
-they will migrate or hibernate (some will do both)
-to keep the environment healthy, we need bats
-They are crucially important for rainforests
-30% of all tree species on several tropical pacific islands are pollinated or have their seeds dispersed by flying foxes
-less than .5% of all bats have rabies; same as most other animals
-quote: Fewer people have died from bat rabies during the past 40 years than have died from dog bites or bee stings in a single year”(pg. 49).
-40% of the bats in the U.S. are on the Federal Endangered Species list

Other facts:

1.More than 1,100 of the world’s 4,629 known species are bats. They live in every continent except Antarctica. (from National Wildlife Magazine)
2. They are the only known mammal that can fly.
3. Vampire bats are the only bats that can walk, run, and jump.
4. Vampire bats are one of the only animals that share. When one bat didn’t get enough blood for that night, another bat will regurgitate what it had and give it to that less fortunate bat.
5. Bats ARE NOT flying rats. They are closer to humans than a rodent.
6. Bats are very clean. They groom themselves everyday so that they don’t get any bugs (diseases). So don’t think that all bats have rabies! D8< some bats do get rabies, but it’s rare, just like every other animal.
7. Old Myths: Bats are NOT blind… and they don’t get caught in yer hair.

Here is a website where you can go if you would like to learn more: Bat Conservation International

When looking through the book, I have found and liked 76 bats out of the 78 bats they show.

Pictures of interesting bats: