Bat Lady Barb came to visit us here at Emerald Park!
She showed us the Flying Fox which is a fruit bat and the largest bat.
The Flying Fox bat can have a wing span of 6 feet!
This is the Spotted Bat which lives in Washington.
These bats hide in the leaves in the rainforests. Other bugs and spiders live in these leaves with the bats, too.
The difference between the Flying Fox and the smallest bat the Bumble Bee Bat.
These bats are so unique. Look at their eyes, ears and faces.
Can you see the bat nose going into the flower? Look at all that pollen on his nose.
When that bat comes out of that flower, it will have pollen all over its nose. Then she will fly to another flower to eat the nectar and will pollinate that flower.
All of these fruits grow on trees that are pollinated by bats. Without bats, we would not have such delicious fruits.
Cleobatra the Hoary bat. She has blonde tips, that's why she is called a hoary bat. Hoary means gray/white or snowy.
Did you know nuts and gum come from trees that bats pollinate?
Robato eating his dinner.
Former bats that are now on display.
A big thanks to Barb Odegarrd for coming to visit with us. Her knowledge about bats is amazing. Her energy and enthusiasm excites us. Seeing her live bats from her bat hospital thrills us. The
old- fashioned slide show projector she uses is fun to see because we don't usually get to see that type of technology these days, and those slides of bats she demonstrates are just amazing. We are very lucky, indeed!
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