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Only
in the last fifty years have we learned the true nature
of bats. They live and fly at night and love caves.
Their silent, darting flight have made them the subjects
of a great deal of folklore and superstition through
the years. . Actually, bats are superbly adapted creatures
that have evolved to exploit resources such as night-flying
insects. They do just about everything at night. Bats
are the only mammals capable of true flight. Their fore
limbs have the same configuration as other mammals',
but the bones of the fingers are greatly elongated to
support membraneous wings. Their hind limbs are modified
to allow them to alight and hang, head-down, by their
toes.
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