It is Halloween season and what better way to celebrate Halloween than celebrate all of the animals which are associated with Halloween.
In this case, bats!
Bats are one of the most famous animals that are associated with Halloween.
Bats are mysterious, charismatic and cute. These mysterious animals are nocturnal; they only come out at night, when people are usually sleeping.
These, often silent animals, grace our night skies.
Let us look at the top 5 amazing facts about bats!
#5 Not All Are ''Blood-suckers''
Bats have a reputation for being ''blood-suckers'', but, not all bats suck blood. Some of them do suck the blood of other animals though.
There are also fruit-eating bats and insect-eating bats.
#4 The Only Flying Mammal
Bats are thought to be the only flying mammal in the world.
#3 Millions Of Years
Bats have existed on the earth for millions of years.
The first bat fossil can be traced back to around 50 million years ago!
#2 Bats Are Related To Humans
By looking at them, you would think that bats are closely related to rodents.
However, bats are more closely related to humans, than they are to rodents.
#1 Bats Eyesight Myth
The biggest myth about bats is that they are blind.
Bats are not blind, they can see. And they use their sight to fly in the night sky and hunt things like insects - for bats to be able to hunt insects while flying during the night, might actually indicate that they can see well in the darkness.
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