Final Assignment Part 2 by Brandy Mearnic
Vampire Bat
The vampire bat also comes from a Subfamily called desmodontinae. There are three different types of bat species: The common vampire bat, hairy legged vampire bat and white winged vampire bat. These three different species are mostly native to the New World, but can be found in parts of Mexico and Brazil, Chile and Argentina.
Their main source of food is blood. Instead of sucking the blood to feed on they make a small cut with their teeth and then lick up the blood from the fresh wound. While feeding, they can feed for up to 30 minutes without waking the animal they are feeding on up.
They have a short muzzle and instead of a nose leaf, they have exposed (or naked) pads with u-shaped grooves at the tip of the nose. The common vampire bat has thermoreceptors that help the bat to locate areas where the blood flows close in it 's prey. Vampire bats have small ears and very short tail. The front teeth of a vampire bat are designed for cutting and the back teeth are smaller than other bats. A bat 's brain processes sound and can detect breathing sounds of other animals sleeping. This part of the brain is called the inferior colliculus. Mostly all bats have lost the ability to walk on the ground, but there are some that still run while on the ground. Their wings are much more powerful than their legs, though.
Bats live in colonies is complete, dark places such as caves, wells, trees and some buildings. The number of
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
Although there have been baseball bats of all shapes and sizes throughout the ages, all
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
Chapter 1: In the first chapter Foster shows that everything that involves a “quest” has the same plot to it. A person is told to do something and go somewhere, they do, learn a valuable lesson on self knowledge, and then go home a new person. This resembles everyday life. Some quest are short and some are long, but either way thats the plot of everyones lives.
A lot of people can get bats mixed up with birds, but they are very different. Bats have teeth, birds have beaks. The Mexican Free-Tailed Bat is found south through Mexico,and in Central America into northern South America. Many scientists study bats. Bats are fascinating creatures you just have to learn more about them, and you will love them.
60 class of bat, five class of fields - Jaguar, Puma, Ocelot, Margay, and Jaguarundi, as well as
Some of the food that these seals eat include arctic cod, plankton, and crustaceans. The eat many different kinds of fish, they
Most of them have different ways of killing, while some just get creepier. There’s an Indian vampire who will kill people and wear their intestines like a turban. There is another one who walks around naked and destroys villages at a time. Australians have a myth of the Yara-ma-yha-who. This vampire has red skin, suckers on its fingers and toes, a big head, and stands at four feet tall. He jumps out of trees and sticks his suckers into you so you can’t escape. He then leaves you on the ground dying to go frolic with the koalas and the kangaroos.
Draculin is a protein found in the saliva of vampire bats. Vampire bats drink blood to sustain themselves. The vampire bats contrary to popular beliefs do not suck the blood from their prey. They let the prey to bleed and lap up the gushing blood.
As I said there are various kinds of Easton bats. There are stealth, stealth flex, bomb squad, hyperlite, mako, reflex, and typhoon, just to name a few. There are also composite, hybrid, and aluminum bats. The composite bats are made out of a mixture of carbon fiber, fiberglass, and sometimes Kevlar. Hybrid bats are two piece bats that have a composite handle and an aluminum barrel.
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
They come in the night, flying from their graves in the form of bats. If not stopped, they will nefariously kill the members of their own families, and then go on to take the lives of others. They are vampires –corpses that rise from their coffins in the middle of the night, seeking out living victims whose blood they drink to sustain their unnatural existence. The most famous of all vampires is Count Dracula, a fictional character made famous in books and movies. Dracula is portrayed as a tall,
Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 26, 2014 (edit|[[Talk:Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 26, 2014|talk]]|history|links|watch|logs|views) Triaenops menamena is a bat in the genus Triaenops found on Madagascar, mainly in the drier regions. It was known as Triaenops rufus until 2009, when it was discovered that that name had been incorrectly applied to the species. Triaenops rufus is a synonym of Triaenops persicus, a closely related Middle Eastern species. Triaenops menamena is mostly found in forests, but also occurs in other habitats. It often roosts in
My entire life I have believed in the Supernatural world and all the myths that have been around for thousands of years. My favorite myths are about Vampires, Werewolves, and all the Greek and Roman Myths. I believe in the supernatural because, it’s something different then what happens in your everyday life. I like to think that there 's more to life than what people tell you and there’s still a lot of the world that hasn’t been discovered yet, so who know’s what actually out there and what’s not.