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<reg>BATS</reg>
Did you know!
...That <reg>bats</reg> are not blind!
...They do not get tangled in your hair!
...They do not live in <reg>belfries</reg>!
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By Naeman Abercrombie
Contents
Page Introduction
1. Echolocation
2. British <reg>Bats</reg>
3. <reg>Bats</reg> and the law
4. survey
5. Bat legends
6. Skeleton
8. <reg>Birth</reg>
10. Distribution of horseshoe <reg>bats</reg>
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<reg>Bats</reg>
<reg>Bats</reg> are the only flying <reg>mammals</reg>
There are 1000 <reg>different</reg> species of bat.
My <reg>favourite</reg> is the Pipistrelle.
Pipistrelle and most other bats eat <reg>insects</reg> but some <reg>bats</reg> eat <reg>frogs</reg>, fruit, fish, nectar and <reg>sometimes</reg> even other <reg>bats</reg>.
Echolocation
<reg>Bats</reg> don't use their eyes to get around they make little clicks and squeaks called echolocation. This technique is used to tell how big an object is how far away it is and if it's alive or not.
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<reg>outgoing</reg> <reg>sounds</reg> from bat
returning echoes from object
Bat homes in on <reg>its</reg> meal
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British bats
There are about 14 different species of <reg>bats</reg> living in Britain.
These are:-
1.) Greater Horseshoe
2.) Lesser horseshoe.
3.) Noctule.
4.) Leisler's.
5.) Brown Long-eared.
6.) Grey long-eared.
7.) Natterer's.
8.) <UNCLEAR>
9.) Brandt's.
10.)Barbastelle.
11.)<UNCLEAR>.
12.)Pipistrelle.
13.)Serotine.
14.)Daubenton's.
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<reg>Bats</reg> live <reg>throughout<reg> the world except for in the cold regions.
The place that they live is called a roost.
They live in the summer in <reg>draught</reg> free houses, hollow trees, cracks and crannies.
In winter when they hibernate they choose cool humid places such as caves, mines, hollow trees and cellars.
<reg>Bats</reg> & the law
Because <reg>bats</reg> are on the decline it is illegal to kill, injure, handle or disturb <reg>bats</reg>.
If <reg>work's</reg> planned where <reg>bats'</reg> roost may be affected, English Nature must be consulted for advice.
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<reg>Slits</reg> in <reg>sides</reg> for <reg>entrance</reg>.
Bat Box
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Have you seen a bat
Yes No
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17 people have seen a bat before but 17 <reg>haven't</reg> seen one.
2 people were not here.
So this shows that half of the people surveyed have seen a bat in the wild
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In my survey some of the people had seen <reg>bats</reg> on television only, or had not seen <reg>bats</reg> at all.
Most of these people did not like <reg>bats</reg>, but most of those that had actually seen a bat liked them.
This is probably because of superstition like <reg>bats</reg> drink people's blood or <reg>Batman</reg> stories <gap desc="figure"> or they fly and get tangled in your hair. But <reg>none</reg> of this is true.
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Here is a <reg>skeleton </reg> of a bat
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Most bats begin to breed in their second. and <reg>fourth</reg> <reg>years</reg>, although the Greater horseshoe <reg>does</reg> not <reg>breed</reg> until they are about five. In summer, <reg>pregnant</reg> females gather together, sometimes with other non-breeding females and immature <reg>bats</reg>.
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Do you like <reg>bats</reg>
Yes No
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10 people were not here.
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Map showing where Greater and lesser horseshoe live
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<gap desc="colour key"> = Greater horseshoe
<gap desc="colour key"> = Lesser horseshoe
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Here are some drawings of <reg>bats</reg> that live <reg>throughout</reg> the world.
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Serotine bat
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Mouse eared bat
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<reg>Eastern</reg> pipistrelle bat
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Bibliography
The Dorling Kindesley children's Encyclopedia
The mammals
How animals live
Bats of Dorset
<reg>Childrens'</reg> animal world encyclopedia
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Index
Bats and the law
Bat pictures
<reg>Births</reg>
British bats
Distribution
Echolocation
<reg>Legends</reg>
Skeleton
Survey
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