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Fruit Bats

Flying foxes (also known as fruit bats) are found in forests and swamps near coastal areas in Africa, South East Asia, Australia and Pacific & Indian islands. They are clumsy in landing, and often have to crash into bushes or trees to come to a stop.

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Pipistrelle Bat

The Pipistrelle Bat is the smallest and most common of Britain's 14 species of bat. It has a jerky, erratic flight, flickering its wings rapidly as it pursues its prey.

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Greater Horseshoe Bat

This bat's nose acts as a megaphone for its ultrasonic echolocating cries, which, unlike many other bats, emits such sounds through the nostrils rather than the mouth.

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Bat Fact

Bats live on all continents except for Antarctica.

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Poor Landing

Fruit bats are nocturnal and hang from their feet during the day. Although fruit bats are good at flying, landing is another story! Fruit bats can't land gracefully, and instead must crash into bushes or trees to come to a stop, or try to latch onto a branch as they pass by.

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Very Scary!

Vampire bats are bats that feed on blood. Contrary to popular belief, these bats rarely bite people because they apparently dislike human blood.

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Friendly Bats

This is an example of 'flying foxes' hanging on a tree.

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Greater Horseshoe Bat

These bats are located in Southern Europe. They live in caves and woodlands.

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Count Dracula

This common vampire bat is pictured feeding on a cow at night in Brazil.

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Leaf-Nosed Bat

This type of bat gets its name from the its often large, lance shaped nose projection used to direct their sonar, though some of the nectar/pollen feeders have greatly reduced it.

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Vampire Bat

Scientists have discovered that vampire bat saliva is better at keeping blood from clotting than any known medicine. Vampire bats may one day help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

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Little Brown Bat

These types of bats can fly, migrate, hibernate, sleep hanging upside-down, and find its way in the dark by echolocation. A single bat can eat 500 mosquitoes in an hour.