There are no mammals other than bats that can fly. Some other mammals can glide, but no others actually fly. Most bats eat insects, while others eat fruit. Bats help pollinate tropical flowers and spread fruit seeds around so new plants can grow. If you should discover that you are sharing your home with bats, the best thing to do would be to find an effective, humane and ecologically sound method of clearing them out.

You’ve probably heard the term, “Blind as a bat”, but the truth is that, while their eyesight is not the best, bats are not blind. Bats use echolocation much as we use our eyes only instead of gathering and interpreting light, bats gather and interpret sound to give them a map of their surroundings.

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A few of the horror stories are true. For instance, vampire bats actually do drink the blood of mammals and also birds, but just because they drink blood does not mean they are going to turn into Count Dracula before your eyes. A bat will skim the surface of a body of water to collect one single drop of water, then repeat this process until its thirst has been quenched. The guano produced by bats is loaded with nutrients and is used for fertilizer, and it can also be used to make gunpowder.

A bat bite can carry SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), the Nepah and Hendra virus, and of course rabies. Bats are second behind dogs as the cause of rabies in the United States, although the number for both creatures is very small.

A bat with rabies is very ill, and may not understand what is happening. Due to the small size of their teeth, a bat bite can actually go unnoticed by someone who is sleeping at the time, or drunk from alcohol.

If a bat flutters into your home, try not to panic, and to open a window away from people inside the house. The bat should leave. In the case of a family of bats infesting your home, you should call a professional and not attempt to deal with the problem yourself.