Did you know that...?
 

Bats are the only mammal that can actually fly.  Some bats can fly up to forth miles an hour.

There are more then nine hundred types of bats.  Some bats have a wing span up to six feet.

Bats benefit people in several ways.  Some feed on harmful insects while others pollinate flowers as they fly from flower to flower.  seeds dropped by fruit bats may sprout into plants.

Other bats eat fruit, fish and even bats!

During the winter  some bats migrate to warmer climates, while others hibernate for months.  When a bat hibernates its body temperature drops, its heartbeat and breathing slows too.  Like the bear, a hibernating bat lives off the fat of its body.

Bats do not build nests.  In winter, when insects are scarce, bats hibernate in cool parts of buildings, caves and hollow trees.  They get into these places by creeping into cracks and crannies as small as one quarter of an inch.

Bats rarely live in belfries.  They prefer somewhere quiet, not drafty and free from cobwebs.

Bats hang upside down from their feet.

Bats can live for up to 30 years.