Payton 1
Payton L. Riley
Mrs.Wiley
Biology
January 10, 2016
Chiroptera I am doing my report on the Chiroptera order, this order is what bats are categorized into. Bats are mammals whose forelimbs form webbed wings; this makes them the only mammals capable of true flight. The web consists of two layers of skin, which is only a little connective tissues containing blood vessels, nerves, and muscles. Their wings have great evaporative surfaces, causing these mammals to need much more water or moist food compared to other mammals of equal size. The Chiroptera is a very interesting and unique order, my goal in this report is to bring to light what makes these mammals so fun to learn about, and that they are not as harmful as commonly thought. One of the interesting things about this order is that even though it’s commonly believed that they have poor eyesight it is actually the opposite, bats can see very well. Yet even with their good eyesight they depend mostly on their echolocation. They focus in on insects by emitting high pitched sounds that bounce off the insects to help them pinpoint their exact location. The sounds they emit usually only last from 5 to 10 milliseconds; each
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Some of the well-known bats species in this order are Pteropus, otherwise known as the flying fox or fruit bat, the Desmodus Rotundus which is the common vampire bat, and the Myotis Lucifugus which is the very well know little brown bat. Some of the interesting things about these three bats are that the Pteropus is the largest bat in the world and the Desmodus Rotundus is the only mammal in the world to survive only on blood. Even though the Myotis Lucifugus is very common and doesn’t have anything that makes it particularly extraordinary is a model organism for studying bats, without it we probably wouldn’t know many of the things we known today about these
An experiment could be devised in which bats are taken in a large quantity and one
There is a debate between scientists whether vampire bats should be killed or not. Firstly, ranchers, believe that vampire bats should be killed. For example, Chris Kraul a writer for the Los Angeles Times, shares that bats are feasting and killing off the cattle. Thus, this point proves that bats should be killed(Kraul). Secondly, Researchers believe that bats should be saved. For instance, Kraul reports that the theory for all of the attacks on the livestock are cause by timber cutting so the bats are losing food rich forests so they head toward the cattle for food. Therefore, this confirms that it is our fault for the bats attacking the livestock. Thirdly, I believe that bats should not be killed. To illustrate, Kraul tells bat based research
Although the visual systems of bats and humans vary in many ways, both visual systems have evolved to benefit each species differently. While humans see life in color with their cones during the day, bats are the kings of nocturnal mammals and are capable of maneuvering throughout the night. It has become clear that bats are capable of so much more then just echolocation from a visual perspective. It is beyond fascinating to realize that what was once thought of as true, is actually false in reality. Therefore, it is safe to say that the phrase “you are as blind as a bat,” can be put to
of the food web. We can see that bat stars are somewhere in the middle of the food web by looking at their prey and predators. We can clearly see that bat stars eat algae, other sea stars, etc. This shows that bat stars are not in high position of the food web like humans that eat almost everything. However, bat stars are not really low in the food web because it is a predator to shellfish, tunicate worms, etc. This shows that bat stars are in the middle. They get eaten by predators, but bat stars themselves are also
White-nose syndrome is a disorder connected to exceptional bat transience event in several areas of North America. In the study conducted by Blehert et al (2009), bats declines beyond 75% from winter 2006 to 2007. The fungal growths on their muzzles, ears, and/or wing membranes of the bats, cause them to collapse (Blehert et al. 2009). Thus, this experiment was done as research methods for inhibiting the growth, investigating factors affect the growth and to prevent the growth of the tip.
Corynorhinus townsendii, better known as Townsend’s big-eared bat, is a nocturnal bat native to North America. Found primarily in evergreen forests where caves and rocky outcrops are abundant, these bats are accustomed to a moderate climate. C. townsendii is categorized under the phylum Chordata, which is characterized by organisms that possess a notch cord. More specifically, Townsend’s bat is classified in the class Mamalia, which is characterized by animals that have hair, mammary glands, and the neocortex region of the brain. Class Mamalia encompasses myriad species and organisms, including humans, whales, squirrels, and other types of bats. Townsend’s bat is further
The number one problem with the bats is the trampoline effect this effect occurs when the ball uses the bat as a trampoline and springs off of it.
The primary objective in “Moth tail divert bat attack: Evolution of acoustic deflection” is to test whether the spinning hindwing tails changes the target of the echolocation on a bat’s attack. This paper aims to observe the bat attacks on the moth tail, instead of attacking the moth’s wing or other body parts.
yotis alcathoe, the Alcathoe bat, is a small European bat. First described in 2001 from specimens taken from Greece and Hungary, its known distribution has expanded to include parts of Western and Central Europe, Spain, Italy, the Balkans, Sweden, and Azerbaijan. It is similar to the whiskered bat (M. mystacinus), but its brown fur is distinctive, and DNA sequencing has shown it to be a separate species. M. alcathoe has a forearm length of 30.8 to 34.6 mm (1.21 to 1.36 in) and a body mass of 3.5 to 5.5 g (0.12 to 0.19 oz). The fur is brown on the wings, usually reddish-brown on the upperparts, and brown below, but more grayish in juveniles. It has a very high-pitched echolocation call, with a frequency that falls from 120 kHz to about 43 kHz
However, by exploring deeper into the structure of a bat and its mind and, human may eventually understand how it feels like for a bat to experience being a
The mysterious phenomenon known as white nose syndrome has only been around for 11 years, yet it has had a devastating effect on the bat population. White nose syndrome is a disease which kills hibernating bats, named because of the white fungus coating the muzzle of its victims. Of the over 1,000 bat species in the world, only 7 species seem to be affected by white nose syndrome. This disease can wipe out 89 to 99 percent of a colony, and has already killed more than 5.7 million bats in eastern North America; it shows no signs of slowing down or stopping. The Richmond guarantee would be the perfect opportunity to help contribute to research for white nose syndrome.
Fieldwork was done within or on the periphery of Fort Collins, Colorado. The elevation in Fort Collins is 1,525M. The climate is temperature and semiarid with a 4-season cycle, averaging 300 days of sunshine. During the winter month, temperature are -2 °C. Summertime it is 22 °C. The big difference can affect the hibernation of the bats. The ArcView was used to survey and analyze the different areas used in the study. A fragmented forest was used in the experiment because it is a big brown bats most preferred habitat. The fragmented forested area was development free that has a least 20-30% of fires. In fragmented areas, it is in a stage that contains decent number of pine snags
They fly, they sting, and they live in our school? Schools work hard to keep their students safe, but this goes beyond the typical fire drills and intruder alerts. Hornets, or flying, stinging insects, are starting to become an endangerment to students.Hornet stings are more painful to humans than typical wasp stings because hornet venom contains a large amount of acetylcholine. Individual.Individual hornets can sting multiple times; unlike honey bees, hornets and wasps do not die after stinging.Some hornets deliver just a typical insect sting, while others are among the most venomous known insects. Single hornet stings are not in themselves fatal, but get stung several times, and your life could be in danger.
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On October 31, 2016 Stephanie Warren Drimmer made an article in the Science World magazine with bats and their amazing echolocation ability. In the night bats will come out and start munching on their prey, eating insect after insect.“Before the sun rises the next morning, each bat will have eaten as many as 8,000 bugs-without bumping into a single tree or each other. They would use echolocation, a sixth sense that allows them to “see” using sound waves. A mechanical engineer named Rolf Mueller, professor at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. “Bats emit chirps--some through their mouths and others through their noses-- as many as 200 times per second. A device called a sonar, which submarines use, operates on the same principles