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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press

ISBN-100802064647

ISBN-139780802064646

eBay Product ID (ePID)974576

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleJust Bats

Number of Pages277 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLife Sciences / Ecology, Animals / Mammals, Animals / Wildlife, Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals

Publication Year1983

IllustratorYes

GenreNature, Science

AuthorM. Brock Fenton

Book SeriesHeritage Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight91.7 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN83-177797

Dewey Edition19

Dewey Decimal599.4

SynopsisBats are dangerous to man. Right? Wrong. Here is the truth about chiroptera, the only mammals that fly, in a short, well-illustrated account based on solid research but intended for a general reader. Bats, of which there are about 850 species in the world, are maligned as carriers of rabies (largely untrue) and admired for their biosonar. Heir diversity is reflected in their diets: some eat fruit, some nectar and pollen, other fish, birds, frogs, or other bats. Although most eat insects, it is the three species of blood-feeding vampires which receive most public attention and around which much myth and superstition (and misconception) have evolved. In addition to their diet and habit, Fenton discusses their remarkable sonar sight, their reproduction, migration, patterns of behavior - from hunting to mating - parasites, enemies, and life span. (The current record is held by an Ontario Little Brown Bat which in 1980 had survived more than 30 years.) Man's attitude toward bats, his destruction of their habitats, and his use of pesticides have contributed to a sharp decline in the bat population in many parts of the world. Many biologists are becoming increasingly concerned about the survival of some species, but maintaining their numbers requires a change in people's attitudes. Just Bats will help. It will also tell the reader how to evict bats from his attic - provided he knows how they got in., Many biologists are becoming increasingly concerned about the survival of some species, but maintaining their numbers requires a change in people's attitudes. Just Bats will help., Bats are dangerous to man. Right? Wrong. Here is the truth about chiroptera, the only mammals that fly, in a short, well-illustrated account based on solid research but intended for a general reader. Bats, of which there are about 850 species in the world, are maligned as carriers of rabies (largely untrue) and admired for their biosonar. Heir diversity is reflected in their diets: some eat fruit, some nectar and pollen, other fish, birds, frogs, or other bats. Although most eat insects, it is the three species of blood-feeding vampires which receive most public attention and around which much myth and superstition (and misconception) have evolved. In addition to their diet and habit, Fenton discusses their remarkable sonar sight, their reproduction, migration, patterns of behavior - from hunting to mating - parasites, enemies, and life span. (The current record is held by an Ontario Little Brown Bat which in 1980 had survived more than 30 years.) Man's attitude toward bats, his destruction of their habitats, and his use of pesticides have contributed to a sharp decline in the bat population in many parts of the world. Many biologists are becoming increasingly concerned about the survival of some species, but maintaining their numbers requires a change in people's attitudes. Just Batswill help. It will also tell the reader how to evict bats from his attic - provided he knows how they got in.

LC Classification NumberQL737.C5F46 1983