Bats (New & Updated Edition)

<b><b>Presenting fascinating information on all kinds of bats from how they use echoes to hear to the legends that surround them and how to protect the species</b></b><br><br>Though people often think of bats as scary bats are really shy gentle animals. There are nearly 1000 different species of bats and they live on every continent except Antarctica. Some are tiny but the giant flying fox bat has a five-foot wingspan! Popular science author Gail Gibbons also discusses the efforts to protect the world's only truly flying mammals. A final page offers additional facts.