Bats

Cover Art for 9780565092757, Bats by Phil Richardson
ISBN: 9780565092757
Publisher: The Natural History Museum
Published: 4 March, 2011
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Links Australian Libraries (Trove)
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Amazing, fascinating, bizarre are words that barely start to describe the bats of the world. Some are big, some tiny, many eat insects and fruit, yet there are others with moreunusual tastes in food – such as the fisherman bat which uses its claws to catch fish or the unjustly demonized blood-eating vampire bats.Bat expert Phil Richardson takes the reader on a guided tour of the nocturnal world of bats: where they live, how they feed, and how they survive in almost every habitaton the planet. He uses his experiences of bat watching around the world to describe their complex life cycles, explaining how you can watch and study bats and help conserve these often threatened mammals.Bats will not fly into your hair, and they are not blind, though most find their food and avoid obstacles in the darkness of night not by vision but by using their remarkable and highly developed sense of echolocation. Their role in pollination is crucial to the environment in which they live. Wherever you live, there are likely to be bats near you, so discover more with the help of this highly readable and beautifully illustrated book.

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