Interesting Bat Facts

Bats are the only mammals capable of flight.

70% of all bats consume insects.

Vampire bats don't suck blood. They lap it up.

Less than one percent of bats have rabies. Rabies is fatal to bats, so they never act as carriers.

Bats are not blind. Bats use echolocation to get around in the dark.

Bats make up a quarter of all mammals. There are more than 1,100 species of bats in the world.

Vampire bat saliva may soon be used to treat human cardiac patients as an anticoagulant.

The average lifespan of a bat varies, but some species of brown bat can live to be 30 years old.

Bats spend a majority of time grooming themselves.

Bats are nocturnal and roost during the day in caves, trees or man-made structures.

More than 50 percent of bat species in the United States are either in severe decline or are listed as endangered.

Bats are nature's way of controlling insect populations. A single brown bat can catch around 1,200 mosquito-size insects in one hour.

Most female bats give birth to only a single pup each year making them extremely susceptible to extinction because of their reproductive habits.

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