When it comes to bats, I believe that the first thing that many people think of is that bats can suck blood, and they especially like to suck human blood. But this is all our self-righteous thing, because only three species of bats feed on blood, and the other species of bats do not suck blood.
Australia has destroyed a large number of wildlife habitats due to forest fires, and the habitat of foxes has also been greatly destroyed, so a large number of bats are circling over Australia in search of new habitats.
Watching a large number of bats infested, we humans must feel great fear, but the Australian fox bat just looks terrible, in fact, it will not hurt humans, they can at most go to human orchards to steal fruits, resulting in damage to the fruits of fruit farmers.
So what makes us always have a fear of bats? This is probably because most bats don't look like the type we humans like, and they seem a little sinister to us.
As long as we humans think that we are strange-looking creatures, we will give them some kind of evil ability, which is probably why we have always thought that bats are blood-sucking and harmful.
In fact, there are also relatively cute-looking white bats in the bat species, and the white bats are also vegetarians, neither drinking blood nor eating insects, only eating the fruits of two ficus plants.
Although fox bats are not as cute as white bats, they are vegetarians, and they are of great significance to the growth of plants in nature.
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I. "The Flying Fox"
Also known as fruit bats, fox bats are the largest bat species in the world, and they are much larger than the average bat. They are called fox bats because their heads look similar to foxes, and their mouths are long and protruding like foxes.
Large eyes are a feature of most bats, and fox bats are no exception. There are differences in the tails of bats in the family Pterophoridae, some with short tails and some without tails.
In addition to the differences in tails, bats in the family Lynx also vary greatly in body size. Some of these larger species, such as the fox bat, are more than 40 cm long, have a wingspan of more than 1.5 m, and weigh more than 1 kg, while the small fig bat has a body length of only 5 to 7 cm, a wingspan of less than 15 cm, and a weight of less than 20 grams.
Although bats in the family Pterophoridae vary greatly in size, they are relatively close in overall appearance, such as fig bats, which look a lot like small foxbats.
The bat intercostal membrane of the genus Lemur is not well developed , only a narrow margin remains along its hind limbs , with claws on their 1st and 2nd fingers , and to some extent free, with the exception of individual species of foxes.
Their ear shells are relatively simple, oval, and the edges of their ears are connected in a circle. When we are young, we know that bats can distinguish directions without relying on their eyes, so we generally think that bats have poor eyesight, but the bat eyes of the genus Fox bats are very developed and their vision is also good.
In general , bats in the genus Pterophorus have a relatively long skull snout , the posterior margin of their palatals extends beyond the molars , and their molar crowns are extremely flat and have transverse grooves in the center , making them ideal for eating soft foods. Their tongues are also well developed, especially the pollen- and nectar-eating flying foxes, which can even stick their tongues far out of their mouths.
Bats in the family Pteropodidae also have a few special-looking members, such as the African hammerhead fruit bat, which has a swollen snout like a hammer, while the knacleropod bat distributed in the western Pacific islands has a long tail that is different from other fruit bats.
Second, if there is a fruit, it is home
Bats in the family Fox family, although they look like foxes, are not carnivores, but vegetarians. Moreover, among them, large species of fox bats only use fruit as food, and small species of fox bats eat nectar like bees.
Because most fox bats like to eat fruit, they are mostly distributed in tropical or subtropical areas, after all, these areas are rich in products, which can provide enough food for fox bats to not run around because of food.
Nocturnal animals, regardless of the species of bats, are at their peak in the early morning and dusk, and only during special periods can we see bats during the day.
Although the fox bats mostly inhabit tropical and subtropical areas with abundant products, they often fly long distances to forage for food in search of the most delicious food.
When foraging, fox bats still rely mainly on their sense of smell to identify which direction the food is in, and only a few species like brown fruit bats have ultrasonic localization functions, which can easily avoid the obstacles in front of them and fly to their destinations as described in our textbooks.
Large fox bat species generally prefer to live together in groups, while smaller flying bat species prefer to live alone. In general, smaller animals prefer to live in groups, and I did not expect foxes to be so special.
Although the bat can fly, it is different from birds, it is a mammal like a mouse, and it breeds offspring through birth. And under normal circumstances, fox bats can breed all year round, but there are also bats that prefer to breed in the three months of September, October and November.
Newborn bats can not forage independently, can only rely on female bats for breastfeeding, but after a few months the baby bats can follow the female bats out to forage, began to fruit, nectar as a staple food.
Hovering over Australia are fruit-loving foxbats, not blood-sucking bats. Although a large number of bats appear collectively like the scene of the end of the world, it is only to watch the horror, if people do not easily touch the bat, they will not be harmed by the bat.
Fruit-loving bats hurt us humans because they contain many viruses that are extremely dangerous to us humans.
We are now endangered by the new coronavirus pneumonia because some people eat wild game and then eat bats into their stomachs and eventually lead to infection.
If we humans can take good care of the environment and not catch wild animals, then our current environment will be many times better, and we will not have to be infected by unknown viruses and live in fear for a long time.
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