Realities Bats are mammals and are therefore warm blooded and give birth to young that they then nurse with milk. Some bats hibernate but some fly to warmer locations for winter. There are about 950 species worldwide and nine of them live in Vermont. A membrane, which allows them to fly, covers the bones of each hand. When that membrane is stretched out, the five elongated fingers are obvious.
Insectivorous bats consume a vast quantity of bugs every night.
A single brown bat can catch over 1000 mosquito-sized insects in an hour. But not all of them eat insects. Many bats, particularly in temperate weather zones, eat fruit. The seeds are then dispersed over a wide territory through the bat droppings, thereby spreading the growth of a particular species of plant. Some bats feed on pollen and nectar.