We e-mailed various people and were also able to interview an expert from Massey University. For our pictures first we painted the bush with paint or dye on wet paper, then we made ink wash bats, cut them out and glued them on. They're warm blooded and they don't lay eggs. They drink milk. Bats eat moths, mosquitoes and others.
Bats sleep during the day and feed at night.
There are two kinds of bats in New Zealand. The short tailed bat can feed on the ground as well because it has no predators. Bats hang upside down in dark caves because bats don't like light. The short tailed bat likes to roost in hollow trees. Here they will cluster together to keep warm and talk to each other with a chirpy sort of sound.