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SKILLS AND SENSES 41

Which mammal

can fly?

With their powerful muscles and strong

wings, bats are the only mammals that have

evolved the ability to fly. They catch flying

insects using a skill called echolocation.

A bat’s wings have lightweight Large moths
bones with moveable joints that are make up almost
more like those of a human hand than the entire diet
a bird’s wing. These flexible joints of the Lander’s
allow bats to change direction horseshoe bat.
suddenly when hunting prey.

HOME TO ROOST

Bats rest together in
trees, caves, or crevices
in gatherings called roosts.
Bats hang upside down in
the roost but never get
dizzy because they are too
small for gravity to cause
a blood rush to their brain.

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