Super Quiz: Bats

July 10, 2014 at 1:50 a.m.

  1. What other mammal is capable of true flight?

  2. What is the German word for bat?

  3. How many offspring does a female generally have per litter?

  4. A single bat can live more than (a) 5 years, (b) 10 years, (c) 15 years, (d) 20 years.

  5. What is the term for the biosonar used for navigation and for foraging?

  6. What type of bat is blind?

  7. About 70 percent of bats eat insects. Most of the rest are frugivores. What is that?

  8. Why do bats rarely fly in the rain?

  9. Thousands visit the Congress Avenue Bridge in this city to view the bats.

ANSWERS

  1. None

  2. Fledermaus

  3. One

  4. (d) 20 years

  5. Echolocation

  6. No species is blind.

  7. Fruit eaters

  8. It interferes with their echolocation system.

  9. Austin, Texas

Weekend on 07/10/2014

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