Strong fliers that can hover like hummingbirds, these bats come out at night to feed on the nectar and pollen in flowers of desert plants such as agaves. They also help the agave plants reproduce by spreading pollen. The bats migrate between Big Bend and southern Mexico following the bloom periods of food plants. There are even fishing bats which delight in night-time fishing forays. None of them lives in Texas.
Bats literally fly with their hands.
Compared with the wings of birds, bat wings are elegantly simple in design. Bats are not blind at all. They see quite well in the dark. Bats are very fastidious, and spend much of their resting times grooming and cleaning themselves. Bats are more closely related to us than to rats.