To begin, we note that bats - the only mammals in the world, who can fly!Once zoologists separate them detachment - bats.So, the topic of today's article - bats mammals.We all know that eating a bat as it looks and where he lives.
Why bats?
fact that their "wings" - a foot long phalanges interconnected leathery membrane.She stretched like a membrane and makes the animal paw in the "wing".
theory of the origin
first bats appeared on our planet fifty million years ago.Found the skeleton of the first bats creation - ikaronikterisa - it suggests that these animals lived in the Eocene period.Today, scientists have theorized origin from insectivorous bats animals living in trees.
How does a bat
First, we note that these creatures may differ significantly from each other in size and appearance.However, despite the fact that eating bats, which live and how to look, all of them - representatives of one order of animals on our planet.Name it - bats.Do not confuse them with the flying squirrel, which, by the way, do not fly on their own, but just plan from branch to branch!So, how our heroes look like?
They ugly snout.Their body is covered with short fur.The abdomen is usually lighter than the back.Wingspan-hand varies depending on the type of animal: from 15 centimeters (common noctule) ... to 2 meters (fox Bismarck)!Hands-wings have the same structure regardless of the mouse.Shoulders in bats is quite powerful, as long forearm consists of only one bone - beam.Can you imagine ?!Their great short finger rest and is opposed to the four ends hooked claws.
What eat a bat?
Almost all species of these creatures insectivorous.But, as is known, the insects are the largest class of animals on earth.So the answer to the question that is eating bat is quite extensive: some prefer moths and midges, others - spiders and beetles, and others - dragonflies, and someone - the larvae of wood.Let's learn how bats to earn their living.
Usually all bats grab its prey on the fly in the air, but some of them are able to manage their arms and wings: they work them like a net or blades, thus raking prey closer.Eat almost all of the mice on the fly, just some kind of learned how to lead a more imposing lifestyle after hunting are comfortably arranged in a favorite place for a detailed meal.
Lifestyle
Despite the variety of species of these creatures, their lifestyles are remarkably similar: almost all bats awake at night and sleep during the day, hanging upside down.Note that nests (birds) these creatures do not weave.Most of the bats is a collective lifestyle, little hermits among them.
When winter comes, bats hibernate, waiting for the cold season in the most secluded and secret places of Mother Nature: in caves, abandoned mines, tree hollows and crevices of rocks.
eats bat winter?The answer is simple: nothing.To spend the winter, and not die of starvation, click actively accumulate fat.Often, its mass is about one-third the mass of the entire body.And wake of mammals at the moment you can not sleep - in most cases, such an action would lead to the death of an animal as a source of energy has been consumed and new food available elsewhere.Falling asleep in the second time, the mouse can not wake up.
