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Bats
There are almost 1,000 kinds of bats throughout the world. Some are as small
as a jelly bean. Some are as big as a small dog. Bats come in many colors and
patterns. This helps bats blend in with their surroundings.
Bats are mammals. They have furry bodies. Female bats have live babies that
drink milk from the mother’s body.
Bats are the only mammals that can really fly. Bats’ wings are made of muscle,
bone, and skin. Strong chest muscles help flap the wings. The bones in a bat’s wing
are a lot like the bones in a human hand. The wing has four long bones and a little
thumb that sticks out at the front. The bat uses the thumb to help it move around its
roost. Bats use their tails for balance and making turns. They use curved claws on
their feet to hold on when they roost. Bats hang upside down and don’t fall, even
when sleeping.
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An insect-eating bat uses its voice and
hearing to find food. This is called echolocation.
A bat makes squeaks and clicks. The sounds
bounce off trees, insects, and other objects. An
insect-eating bat’s big ears catch the sounds as
they return. A bat can tell how far away the object
is. It can tell what direction to fly in to get to the
object. A bat can even tell how big the object is.
It catches insects as it flies through the air. Every
night
A fruit-eating bat uses its eyes and sense
of smell to find food. It may eat fruit, flowers, or
nectar. It has smaller ears than an insect-eater.
Some fruit-eating bats have noses with strange
flaps that catch smells better. Fruit-eating bats
spread pollen from plant to plant as they eat.
They also carry seeds from one place to another.
This helps new plants grow.
Bats eat other things, too. There are bats
that eat frogs, rodents, fish, and other small animals. Vampire bats live on blood.
Bats live in groups called colonies. Bat colonies live in dark caves, hollow logs,
holes in trees, or in tunnels made by other animals. Some bat colonies live under
bridges or in people’s barns and attics. Fruit-eating bats often live in trees. One kind of
bat even makes a leaf “tent” to use as a home. Some colonies are small. Others have
more than one million bats in them.
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insect-eating bats eat millions of insects that
might destroy our crops.
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Questions
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Bats
1. How are bats different from other mammals?
2. Describe a bat’s wing.
3. How does a bat use its tail?
4. How does a bat use its curved claws?
5. How does echolocation work?
6. How are bats helpful?
7. What might happen to the
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arth if all the bats suddenly disappeared?
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How are bats and birds
the same?
How are bats and
birds different?
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What Does It Mean?
Match each word to its meaning.
1. surroundings
to spoil or ruin
2. attic
plants grown to be used by people
3. destroy
things or conditions around you
4. crops
in a steady position
5. rodents
a space in a house just below the roof
and above the other rooms
6. mammal
a group of animals with large front teeth
7. balanced
used for gnawing; rats, mice, squirrels
8. colonies
groups of bats living together
a warmblooded animal whose babies
drink milk from the mother’s body
Write the type of bat.
-eating bat
-eating bat
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Name
Spell Long e
Circle the letters that say long e .
eating
asleep
jelly bean
eagle
trees
creep
seeds
queen
dream
leaf
clean
feet
Fill in the missing letters.
1. I like red jelly b
ns best.
2. A bald
gle flew over the tops of the tr
s.
3. Walter saw a squirrel
ting s
ds.
4. Cl
n your f
t before you go to bed.
5. The qu
n fell asl
p and had a funny dr
m.
What Says er ?
Circle the letters that say er in each of these words.
collar
work
color
earth
her
third
purse
Use the letters you circled to fill in the missing letters below.
1. The doct
s and n
ses w
ked day and night aft
the
thquake.
2. Moth
broke h
p
rl necklace Sat
day night.
3. From out
space astronauts could see the c
ve of the
th.
4. The hummingb
d sucked nect
from the flow
.
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