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What is Bumblebee
With only a 6in wingspan the Kitti Hog-nosed Bat is the smallest bat in the world, but it is better known by another name involving what insect?
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What is Caves
A common roosting site for colonial bats like Mexican Free-tailed Bats. These unique ecosystems are homes to unique organisms that may never see light during their life.
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What is Blood
Out of the 1400 known species of bats only 3 are known to be parasitic and eat this substance that is generally known to be consumed by vampires, giving these bats their names.
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What is Pesticides
Insectivorous bats (like most of the ones here in the US) are known to save farmers millions in revenue yearly, mainly because the farmers do not need to use what toxic substance?
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What is False
True or False. Bats lay eggs.
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What is Agave
The Mexican Long-nosed Bat is a nectar eating bat and the primary pollinator for what species of plant that is used in making tequila?
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What is Bat House
These manmade box-like structures can be used to house colonial bat species and are frequently placed in urban areas to provide homes for bats to use.
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What is Fruit
Flying foxes are some of the largest bats in the world and are vital to the rainforests because they help to repopulate up to 90% of the forests by consuming what type of food?
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What is Habitat loss
Things like palm oil plantations, clear cutting, and housing development are just a few examples of this threat that affects not only bats but many other species as well.
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What is Echolocation
Many microbats have strange facial features that help them to differentiate between sounds while preforming what behavior?
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What is Malayan Flying Fox
Named after the island chain where it was first discovered what species of bat has a wingspan of 6ft making it the largest bat in the world?
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What is Trees
These are some of the largest and oldest living organisms on the planet, and often offer housing to many species of animals including flying foxes.
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What is Scorpions
70% of all bats are known to eat insects, however Pallid Bats are specialists of hunting what type of dangerous ground dwelling arachnid?
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What is Superstition
Bats flying into people’s hair is just one example of a ___ which cause people to fear and hate bats.
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What is Five
How many fingers do bats have?
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What is Common Vampire Bat
This unique bat found in Central and South America is the only known bat species capable of running and jumping.
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What is Banana
Tent making bats like the Honduran White Bat can often be found roosting underneath the leaves of this tree.
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What is Frogs
Carnivorous bats like the Spectral Bat hunt a range of small vertebrates, one of their favorites being the males of this animal, because they are easy to find when they call out to females?
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What is Bat Soup
In many Asian countries this delicacy often uses bats as the main ingredient.
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What is Patagium
The thin layer of skin that makes up a bats wing is known as what?
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What is Hammerhead bat
Males of this bat species have unusually shaped heads that they use to sing to females during breeding season.
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What is Pitcher Plant
The Hardwicke’s Wooly Bat has created a symbiotic relationship with what plant?
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What is Fish
Using their long toes and the pouch-like skin between their legs Greater Bulldog Bats are specially adapted to hunt what type of prey?
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What is White Nose Syndrome
This disease (which is caused by a fungus) is the primary killer of millions of bats in the US.
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What is Calcar
What is the name of the spur-like piece of cartilage that juts out of the inner ankle of a bat that is used to stabilize the wing membrane during flight?
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