Bat Facts
A special ability do bats use to find their way in the dark.
Echolocation
The city in which you can find a famous bat colony.
Also, the name of an overly chatty student in 6B.
Austin (Texas)
The time of day people usually watch the bats in Austin.
Evening / sunset
True are False: Bats are blind.
False
An annoying insect bats help reduce in cities.
mosquitoes
Austin's bat mainly eat these at night.
Insects
The name of the bridge where the bats live / roost.
Congress Avenue Bridge
A place that spectators watch the bats from.
the bridge / boats / river / shore / restaurants
True or False: Bats fly into people's hair.
False
Something bats help control for farmers.
crop pests (insects / bugs)
The country Austin's bats migrate to each spring.
Mexico
The approximate number of bats living under Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin.
1.5 million
Something people ride on the river to watch the bats.
boats / rowboats / canoes / kayaks / bat-cruises
The name of the disease that people are often afraid that bats carry.
Rabies
Something bats do besides controlling pests.
pollinate / spread seeds
The name of the species that lives under the bridge.
Mexican free-tailed bats
The time Austin's bats usually come out each evening.
Around sunset (8 - 8:30 p.m.)
Something restaurant guests often do when the bats appear.
Stop eating / putting down their forks to watch the bats
True or False:Bats often carry rabies.
False (they rarely carry it)
The approximate amount of insects Austin's bats eat each night.
30,000 pounds /13,600 kg (within 1000 lbs / kg will be accepted as an answer)
The length of a free tailed bat.
3.5 inches / 9 cm
The thing that makes this bat colony special compared to others.
It is the largest bat colony in North America / The largest bat colony in the U.S.
A natural "show" the bats create in the sky.
A bat tornado / a swirling cloud of bats
The name of one animal that carries rabies in the U.S.
Raccoons / dogs / cats / foxes
The amount of money bats bring to Austin each year (through tourism / spectators etc...)
Approximately 10,000,000 U.S. dollars