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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1986
Page
11
The passage notes typical bat reproduction with one offspring per year. It describes mothers roosting in trees or caves with large numbers of nursing bats. Babies often cling to their mothers and accompany them when they search for food, while others hang from ceilings during feeding.
The Mini Page presents bat facts to help readers understand these flying mammals. Most bats are harmless helpers, offering insights into their roles and behavior around Halloween and beyond.
Bats are not dirty. They are clean animals with few rabies cases and rare transmission to people. Do not handle a bat as it may be sick. Bats are not blind and have good eyesight and sonar sensitivity. The Mini Page thanks Dr. Merlin D. Tuttle for help with this story.
Bats are the largest nocturnal insect hunters and aid plant growth by scattering seeds and pollinating. They produce guano used as fertilizer in Latin America Asia and Africa. Plants dependent on bats include avocados cloves figs bananas dates peaches.
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