Humming bat (SciiFii)

The humming bat (Kipouros volans), also known as the hummingbird bat and the hummingbird hawk bat, is a species of microbat that originally did not exist, but has since been created by SciiFii and introduced throughout the rainforests of Africa to help boost biodiversity and to replace the hummingbird hawk-moth, which is now completely absent from Africa as a result of climate change. The humming bat weighs an average of 7 grams (0.2 oz), making it one of the smallest diurnal bat species known to science. The lifestyle and parts of its appearance is meant to simulate convergent evolution with the hummingbird and the Cuban flower bat. The humming bat is adapted to survive only on nectar from the many rainforest flowers. The nectar provides a lot of sugar and energy, and allows the humming bats to sustain an extremely high metabolism; their heart beasts 800 times per minute when hovering around flowers. The although diurnal, humming bats are not awake all day, taking a lot of naps between meals, they take between 20 and 25 quick naps, each one around 5 and 8 minutes, and during the night they gather in small groups and refuge under large leaves or in high tree branches to sleep. During this time, they sleep for 5 or 6 hours and are in a state similar to a coma, and is impossible to wake them up during their sleep. Gestation lasts for 50–60 days following fertilization. The litter size is almost always one individual, although twins can occasionally occur. At birth, pups weigh approximately 1.9 grams (0.067 oz) and have a forearm length less than 15.2 mm (0.60 inches). While they have a small absolute mass, they are enormous relative to their mothers, weighing up to 30% of her postpartum body weight at birth. Pups' eyes and ears are closed at first, but open within a few hours of birth. They exhibit rapid growth; at around three weeks old, the young start flying, begin the weaning process, and are of a similar size to adults in forearm length but not weight. The young are totally weaned by 26 days old. Females may become sexually mature in the first year of life. Males become sexually mature in their second year. It is a very long-lived species relative to its body size. In the wild, individuals have been documented living up to 20 years. The average lifespan, however, is around 8 years. The conservation status of the humming bat is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the humming bat's wide range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
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