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5 Surprising Facts About Bats
  • Introduction
  • There Are More Than 1,200 Species of Bats.
  • Bats Are the Only Mammals Capable of Flight.
  • Bat Droppings Can Be Used to Make Gunpowder.
  • Not All Bats Hang Upside Down.
  • Bats Aren’t Really Blind.
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grey-headed flying fox Mexican free-tailed bat leaf-nosed bat bat cave; guano epauletted fruit bat D'Orbigny's round-eared bat (Tonatia silvicola) flying with wings spread wide, holding a green katydid in its mouth against a dark background.

5 Surprising Facts About Bats: References & Edit History

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  • Alison Eldridge
    Alison Eldridge was Managing Editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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