You Can Find Bats Almost Anywhere

The importance of bats to ecosystems around the world is well established. Many species consume insects that would otherwise affect human health or damage crops and forests. Without bats to control insect populations, farmers would be forced to use more pesticides. This, in turn, would result in an increase in the price of certain foods.

It is estimated that by eating insects, bats save the agricultural industry in USA over $23 billion each year. Other bat species are valuable in the pollination of plants and the dispersal of plant seeds.

Did you know that bats live on every continent except Antarctica? That means that you can find bats as far north as Alaska and as far south as Argentina. There are about 1000 species or different types of bats and most species live in tropical regions near the equator where it is nice and warm.

Some people think that bats will get caught in your hair. This is also not true. Bats are excellent fliers and can easily avoid flying into your hair.

Echolocation is the use of sound waves and echoes to determine where objects are in space. Bats use echolocation to navigate and find food in the dark. To echo-locate, bats send out sound waves from their mouth or nose. When the sound waves hit an object they produce echoes. The echo bounces off the object and returns to the bats ears. Bats listen to the echoes to figure out where the object is, how big it is, and its shape.

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