Specific Species
Small, brown-colored bats characterized by their glossy fur, small ears, and large hind feet.
What is the Little Brown Bat?
The intersection of the host, pathogen, and the environment.
What is disease ecology?
There are 1400 species of this globally, making it the second largest mammalian group.
What are bats?
This superhero is well known for a specific symbol that symbolizes distress.
Who is Batman?
A misconception about bats is that they fly into this and may get tangled in it.
What is hair?
Large bats that live in tropical and subtropical regions. They are known for their size, including having a wingspan of up to 6 feet. They are frugivorous, meaning they primarily eat fruit, but also consume nectar, pollen, and sometimes insects.
What are Flying Foxes?
Other answers accepted are Fruit Bats or Megabats.
Name two diseases of North American bats that are transmissible to humans.
What are (any two of these):
Rabies (Virus)
Salmonella species (Bacteria)
Enteric Yersinia species (Bacteria)
Histoplasmosis (fungi)
Potentially aspergillosis (Fungi)
Even though bats are known for this, not all of them do it.
What is hibernate?
As the lovable mascot for a popular line of breakfast cereals, this individual is an instantly recognizable and cherished bat character.
Who is Count Chocula?
This phrase has caused a misconception about a bats' ability to see.
What is blind as a bat?
Large ears, which can almost reach half their body length, and their distinctive facial glands. They are primarily found in North America, particularly in areas with caves, abandoned mines, or other subterranean features for roosting and hibernation.
What are Townsend's big-eared bat?
Name the drivers of spillover.
Habitat loss, climate change, humans encroaching on bat habitat
Since bats lack many natural predators, this is one of the biggest threats to bats.
What is disease?
A sidekick who undoubtedly steals the show, this individual is the outrageously witty and endearing albino bat from Anastasia.
Who is Bartok?
Only a few species feed off of this but a common myth is that all bat species drink this.
What is blood?
Known for their blood-drinking diet and several specialized adaptations. They are small, nocturnal mammals, typically grayish-brown in color with a compact, swollen muzzle and large, pointy ears. They are also highly social, living in colonies and sharing blood with each other.
What are Vampire Bats?
Name this disease. Symptoms: Changes to behavior - more aggression, disorientation and difficulty flying, eyes taking on a staring expression
Rabies
Similar to cats, bats do this action.
What is clean themselves?
As the adventurous, rebellious daughter of Count Dracula in Hotel Transylvania, this individual embodies the spirit of teenage yearning for independence and self-discovery.
Who is Mavis Dracula?
People believe that all bats have this disease.
What is rabies?
Largest bats native to Africa, exhibiting strong sexual dimorphism. Males are considerably larger than females, possessing a large, boxy head with a humped snout and enlarged larynx, used for loud vocalizations during mating displays. Females, on the other hand, have a fox-like face and are smaller in size.
What are Hammer-headed Bats?
Name four species identified with WNS.
What is the (any four of these):
Big brown bat
Cave bat
Eastern small-footed bat
Fringed bat
Gray bat
Indiana bat
Little brown bat
Long-legged bat
Northern long-eared bat
Western long-eared bat
Tricolored bat
Yuma bat
Like most mammals, bats have this well known part of the human body.
What is a belly button?
Originally featured in the infamous tabloid Weekly World News, this individual quickly became a cult classic character, inspiring an off-Broadway musical and countless internet memes.
Who is Bat Boy?
People believe that bats are unimportant or even harmful to the environment. These actions prove their vital role to the ecosystem.
What is eating insects, pollinating plants, dispersing seeds, and pest control?