The largest bat, is actually a bat sculpture , and has a wingspan of twenty feet. Giant flying foxes that live in Indonesia have wingspans of nearly six feet. The worlds smallest bat, the Bumblebee Bat, weighs less than a penny. Mexican free-tailed bats can fly up to 2 miles high at speeds of 60 mph. Some bats in North America have life-spans exceeding 32 years.
Vampire bats adopt orphans and share food with roost-mates.
Bats can eat up to one-half of their body weight in insects each night. Bat pups weigh one-third as much as their mothers at birth.