Why bats are not considered as birds: You must have seen bats flying in the sky at night. It is a mammalian creature flying in the sky. You must have often seen bats hanging upside down on electric wires, on building balconies, in ruins or on trees. Their biggest unique thing is that they hang upside down, on hearing the name of bat, everyone’s mind gets a picture of a creature hanging upside down. This is a common thing that everyone knows. Apart from this, there are many such facts about bats, which you might not know. Today we will tell you about those facts and also talk about why bats are not kept in the category of birds even after flying…
Bat does not come in the category of bird
Of course bats have wings and it also flies, but in reality it is not a bird but comes under the category of flying animals. Actually, this bat is a mammal, it does not lay eggs but gives babies and also breastfeeds its children, so it is not considered in the category of birds. There are many such birds like penguins and ostriches, which cannot fly but all of them lay eggs. Bat is the only mammal that has wings and can fly.
Some other interesting facts about bats
- Some bats survive by drinking the blood of other animals. Such bats are called vampire bats.
- There are more than two thousand species of bats in the world. In which the bat of Flying Fox species is the largest. Its body length is up to 40 cm.
- Texas (Texax) has one of the largest bat caves, in which about 20 million bats live.
- You will be surprised to know that white-winged bats lie down near chickens to drink their blood and pretend to be chickens.
- Bats eat 2 lakh kg of bedbugs daily. A bat can eat up to 600 bedbugs in 1 hour, which is equivalent to a human eating 18 pizzas a night.
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