Here are some bat-fact tidbits. Baby bats will cling to their mothers until they are too big to carry. Then they stay at the roost with the nursing colony Bats have been known to adopt orphans Bats share food with less fortunate bats. A single little brown bat can catch more than 1000 mosquitoes in an hour. A 150 member colony of big brown bats can destroy 18 million rootworms each summer.
Bats are more like primates than rodents.
More than any other mammal of its size. Thank you Kris for coming back. You like the outdoors. Helping student discover the wonder of nature sounds worthwhile. Increasing your own knowledge of the plants, animals and ecology is your type of thing.