Know And Learned About Bats

The first time I played baseball was when I was five years old. Whenever I got up to the plate, I was so confident I was going to hit the ball far and hard while using a light metal baseball bat. Fast forward to the fall of 2016, where I could no longer use a metal bat, but instead, I had to walk up to the plate with a wood bat. For about the first six games, I could not hit the ball out of the infield. I got into a bad slump and started to get very down on myself. I later learned from my coach that swinging a wood bat is very different than swinging a metal bat. He said that you have to do a fine job of getting the barrel out to the ball very quickly with the wood bat. After swinging the bat more and more, I understood what he said. But I

The major league baseball teams use the traditional bats more than the axe bat. Both teams have improved since they changed to the new bats. The bats designer hasn’t changed for a long time until now. The bat hasn’t changed because of the machines and the handle. But, because the designer the new bats seem to be helping a lot more than the old ones.

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 first possible method for protecting the bats, would be to setup a protected area. Positive incentive driven programs and eco-tourism just won’t work with bats. Bats don’t have the same general appeal as something like a polar bear or panda. People generally don’t find bats to be likeable, and so convincing people to protect them likely wouldn’t gain much traction. Instead, a controlled area that quarantines the healthy population of bats away from their infected counter-parts and human interaction would be their best shot. The healthy bats need to be kept away from the infected ones. Since going out to capture all of the healthy population in not feasible, I suggest capturing a small, but viable, sample of healthy bats for contained breeding. As the bats reach maturity they could be released into the protected area to reproduce and increase the population of healthy bats. Funding this operation would be tricky, but if the facts are laid out, the government could be persuaded to aid in funding the project. After raising the point of how the bats function for efficient and free pest control (in what would other-wise be an impossibly expensive service by humans) the government would likely see that the more financially

According to Bat Conservation International or batcon.org, bats play a very important role in our earth’s ecosystems. Bats control pest populations, pollinate plants, disperse seeds, and much more. Many species

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

Bats are among the most threatened land mammals in North America, with over half the species either listed as threatened or endangered or candidates to become listed. The Lesser long-nosed bat (LNB, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) was proposed for listing as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1987 and the final ruling was published in 1988, without a designation of critical habitat. (intro)

Once upon a time there was a bee. The bees name is Bob. His mom was teaching him how to pollinate. As he flew from flower to flower a bird flew by. He asked his mom if other animals pollinate. ”

All Bats are mammals. There wingspan measures up to 29-34 inches and weigh up to 4 pounds. Bats eat different varieties of ripe fruits, nectar from flowers, insects and fish. Also, Bats suck blood from other animals. There are about 1,000 different species of bats, which the two groups are Megabats and Microbats. Although, the difference between the two is that mega bats have big eyes and can see very well. Microbats are much smaller but have small eyes and big ears. The bats can live up 15 to 30 years depending on the species. Where bats live is called a 'roost.' They hide in different places at different times of the year. Some places bats like to hide are trees, cave, bridges, barns or even houses. Bats don’t fly in the daytime only

Most bats produce sounds in their larynxes and emit them by mouth or nose while other bats produce echolocation sounds by tongue clicking. Basically, bats using larynxes produce sounds in the way just like other mammalian. When they exhale, the air from their lungs vibrate the vocal chords and produce sound waves. Some bats open their mouths while flying, producing sounds through their mouths. Scientists also think some bats have special-structure nose that can collect sounds so they may produce sounds from their noses. Other details were also found related to mechanics of bats. The first thing is stylohyal, a special bone found in laryngeal echolocators. Basically, this bone surrounds the tympanic bones, forming the auditory

The long eared bat likes to hang out in deep heavily filled woods and in caves with low areas.

Thomas Nagel: What Is It Like To Be a Bat?: A Summary and Critical Assessment

Have you ever heard of a bat living with baby birds in a nest? In the story Stellaluna by: Janell Cannon, a young bat that is separated from her family becomes friends with baby birds. She then starts to change her bat ways. Stellaluna soon discovers to be herself which is being a bat as she grows up and meets other bats as she leaves home.

Due to its endangered status, understanding the Lesser Short-tailed bats reproductive cycle is essential in helping conserve the species and stabilize the population. This essay will explore the bats reproductive technique and the evidence for an annual cycle, which can be seen to make anatomical, behavioural and physiological changes to the bats (Racey & Entwistle, 2000). The male anatomical and physiological changes have not had a sufficient in depth study, however their behavioural changes a can clearly be seen (Krutzsch, 2000). On the other hand female anatomical and physiological changes have been explored a little more and there is more information available on those changes. Changes include behavioural courtship, anatomical and physiological fluctuation (with emphasis on

In this experimental study, there will be 30 fruit bats, all of varying sexes and ages, housed at a local zoo. Additionally, all research practices have received permission from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and are in compliance with the regulations of the zoo. Moreover, all animal interaction will be done via protected contact using behavioral training with no invasive procedures to ensure that animal welfare is always of the utmost priority.