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Fun Facts About Bats

Did you know that:

Size
The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.

Lifespan
The common little brown bat of North America is the world's longest-lived mammal for its size, with life spans sometimes exceeding 32 years.

Pest Stopper
A colony of 150 big brown bats can protect local farmers from up to 18 million or more rootworms each summer.

Bees of the Desert
Desert ecosystems rely on nectar-feeding bats as primary pollinators of giant cacti, including the famous organ pipe and saguaro of Arizona.

Friends of the Tropics
Tropical bats are key elements in rain forest ecosystems, which rely on them to pollinate flowers and disperse seeds for countless trees and shrubs.

Myth-buster
All mammals can contract rabies; normally, less than a half of 1% of bats that contract rabies ever bite a person, and then only in self-defense. They pose little threat to people who do not handle them.

No Worries Here
The pallid bat of Western North America is immune to the poisonous seven-inch centipedes upon which it feeds and even to the stings of scorpions.

Bats in Trouble
Nearly 40% of American bat species are threatened or endangered. Around the world, many more are declining at alarming rates.



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