3 Fun Facts About Bats! | SciShow Kids

I’m thinking of an animal. It’s small, and furry. It can be pretty cute. And it flies around at night.

Can you guess what animal it is?

That’s right! I’m thinking about bats!

Some people think bats are scary. Maybe because they only come out at night. Or maybe because sometimes they live in dark places.

Or maybe it’s because some species of bats, called vampire bats, survive by drinking blood.

But you probably won’t ever run into a vampire bat. Only three species of bat are blood drinkers.

The rest of them, over 1,200 species, eat fruit, nectar, bugs, and other small animals.

If you ask us, bats are totally awesome! Here are just three of our favorite things about them!

To start, some bats can hear their way in the dark!

That’s because they don’t rely on their eyes, like we do. Instead, these bats use sound to find their way around

Have you ever yelled into a big empty room, or a canyon, and heard your own voice shout