Bat

Learn more about Mabel the Microbat!

FUN BAT FACTS

Live in: Live all over the world except for the Artic and Antartic.  They typically roost in caves, rocky outcroppings, trees and even in bat boxes on farms. 

Eat: Flying insects

Fun Fact: Bats can not take flight from the ground like birds.  They must be up high and take flight by falling. 

Misconception: All bats suck blood.  Only 3 species out of more than 1,300 bat species consume blood.  Most bats eat insects and small mammals.  

Interesting Fact: some bats can eat their body weight in mosquitoes EVERY NIGHT!