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Bats:     more books (103)

Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 (Caldecott Honor Book) by Ernest L. Thayer, 2000-10-01 Bats (Scholastic Reader Level 1) by Lily Wood, 2010-09-01 The Truth about Bats (The Magic School Bus Chapter Book, No. 1) by Eva Moore, 2000-01-01 Beautiful Bats by Linda Glaser, 1998-04-01 The Bat Scientists (Scientists in the Field) (Scientists in the Field Series) by Mary Kay Carson, 2010-09-06 Little Lost Bat by Sandra Markle, 2009-02-01 Casey at the Bat by Ernest L. Thayer, Joe Torre, 2002-05-01 Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block, 2004-07-01 America's Neighborhood Bats: Understanding and Learning to Live in Harmony with Them by Merlin D. Tuttle, 2005-09-01 Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge, 2006-02-14 Hello, Bumblebee Bat by Darrin Lunde, 2007-07-15 There's a Bat In Bunk Five by Paula Danziger, 2006-03-23 The Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell, 1997-01-01 The Rescue of Bat 21 by Darrel Whitcomb, 1999-02-09

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21. Chiroptera
    Life history, ecology, fossil record, systematics, and morphology of bats.  
    http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/eutheria/chiroptera.html
    
    Extractions: Chiroptera Night fliers Small and furry, bats are the only mammals to have achieved powered flight. Their arms are spindly, with membranes stretched between the fingers on each hand. This arrangement makes their wings quite different from those of birds and pterosaurs , and in fact the bats have evolved flight quite independently. Bats also differ from other flying animals in their reliance on hearing for navigation. Many bats use sonar echos to find their way around. Despite their resemblance to rodents , bats are not closely related to mice at all. Though their exact placement is still uncertain, there is recent evidence that they may be more closely related to the primates . Whatever their relationships, bats are among the most successful groups of mammals: there are nearly 1,000 species of bats around the world, making up about one quarter of all mammal species. Click on the buttons below to learn more about the Chiroptera. UCMP Special Exhibit: Vertebrate Flight

22. LHS Bat Quiz
    How much do you know about bats? Test your knowledge by answering 9 True/False questions. Your score will be calculated as you go, and after answering all  
    http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/batquiz/

23. Bats
    bats often make people think of vampires, creatures of the night, and Halloween. Beyond the myth and folklore, bats are one of the most important groups of  
    http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/bat.html
    
    Extractions: Learn More About Bats Bats often make people think of vampires, creatures of the night, and Halloween. Beyond the myth and folklore, bats are one of the most important groups of animals. Bats are one of the most numerous kinds of mammals with nearly 1000 different species. They are highly adapted animals, and can be found in all but the coldest habitats. Bats are mammals that belong to the order Chiroptera (ky-rop-tera), which means, "winged hand". The wings or hands of a bat have very long finger bones covered by a strong skin. Bats are the only mammals that can fly. Like all mammals, they are "warm-blooded", have bodies covered with fur, and nurse their young (pups) with milk. There are two main groups of bats - the large "flying foxes" that eat fruit, and the smaller insect-eating bats. There are also bats that feed on the nectar of flowers, and those that eat small animals, like fish and frogs. Nearly all bats are helpful animals. In fact, tropical rainforests could not survive without bats. Bats are responsible for controlling pest insect populations, pollinating flowers, and dispersing seeds. One insect-eating bat can catch 500-1000 insects in one hour! Many plants must be pollinated by bats to produce fruit (see side bar). The only way some plants have of dispersing seeds is through bats.

24. Mike West, Duke University
    We have an ftp site for updates of the bats software that accompanies the book. You can find this at ftp.stat.duke.edu/pub/bats/.  
    http://www.stat.duke.edu/~mw/bats.html
    
    Extractions: Andy Pole, Mike West and Jeff Harrison Our 1994 book Applied Bayesian Forecasting and Time Series Analysis (Chapman-Hall, New York) is distributed by CRC Press Tel: +44 208 875 4387, Fax: +44 208 871 3443, e-mail: jnaim@crcpress.com The ISBN of the book is ISBN 0412044013 We have an ftp site for updates of the BATS software that accompanies the book. You can find this at ftp.stat.duke.edu/pub/bats/. Current files include include zipped versions of DOS and Windows 3.1 (in bats.zip), and the executable for the new Windows95 versions (wbats95.exe). Unfortunately, the software has not been upgraded to more recent versions of Windows or ported to other operating systems, and there are currently no plans to do do. The DATASETS directory contains the many BATS data sets, and is expected to be augmented with new data sets in future. Enquiries or question to APole@Tiedemannfunds.com (Andy Pole)

25. Gander Academy's Bats Theme Page
    This site from Gander Academy is designed for P and E students and teachers and lists bat resources on the world wide web.  
    http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/bats.htm

26. Aerodynamics Of Animals - Bats - Beginner
    bats are mammals. Their bodies have fur. bats are born alive. bats do not come from eggs. They drink milk from their mother s breasts.  
    http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Animals/beginner/bats-01.html

27. ANIMAL BYTES - Bats
    ANIMAL BYTES bats Find quick information and fun facts about animals.  
    http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/Animal-Bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/d
    
    Extractions: ANIMAL BYTES MAIN PORIFERANS CNIDARIANS MOLLUSCANS ... SEARCH THE SITE BATS SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION FAST FACTS FUN FACTS BIBLIOGRAPHY ... MENU - CHIROPTERA SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION COMMON NAME: bats KINGDOM: Animalia PHYLUM: Chordata CLASS: Mammalia ORDER: Chiroptera (hand wing) SUBORDER: FAMILY: 18 families GENUS SPECIES: 180 genera, 900 species RETURN TO TOP FAST FACTS DESCRIPTION: Varies according to species SIZE: L argest wingspan - flying foxes 2 meters (78.74 in.)

28. Bats: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department Of Fish And Game
    Bat species description from the Wildlife Notebook Series publication Alaska Department of Fish and Game.  
    http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/smgame/bats.php
    
    Extractions: @import url(/css/cf_only/ala6_alpha.css); @import url(/css/cf_only/ala6_alpha.css); @import url("/css/cf_only/onceinline2.css"); Skip to Main Page Content www.adfg.state.ak.us Unique and remarkable in their ability to fly, these winged mammals are uncommon residents of Alaska. Although six different species of bats are listed as occurring in the state, they are not found in abundance here. Their distribution is generally limited to Southeast Alaska, a few scattered locales in Southcentral Alaska, and as far north as the Yukon River in the Interior. General description: The six species known to occur in the state belong to the order Chiroptera (hand wing) and the family Vespertilionidaethe "evening bats." As their name suggests, they are nocturnal. Bats rely on a well-developed sonar system, emitting squeaks that are most often too high-pitched to be heard by humans. The sound waves bounce off solid objects, and in this way bats can quickly and accurately detect the location of flying insects or obstacles in their flight path. The most common and wide ranging bat in the state is the little brown bat ( Myotis lucifugus ). Three other myotis species occur in Alaska: the long-legged bat (

29. ADW: Chiroptera: Information
    Taxonomy of bats from the Animal Diversity Web.  
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Chiroptera.html
    
    Extractions: editLink('skunkworks/.accounts/200508103038') 2008/03/16 03:12:33.089 GMT-4 By Matthew Wund and Phil Myers Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Members of this Order Bats are the second-most speciose group of mammals , after rodents . The approximately 925 species of living bats make up around 20% of all known living mammal species. In some tropical areas, there are more species of bats than of all other kinds of mammals combined. Hill and Smith, 1984 Nowak, 1991 Vaughan, Ryan, and Czaplewski, 2000 Bats are often divided into two major groups, usually given the rank of suborders, Megachiroptera and Microchiroptera. Although these groups probably do not represent monophyletic lineages (discussed in more detail below), there are several relevant ecological differences between them. These groups will be used throughout this account in describing the diversity of bat life histories. Teeling et al., 2002

30. Major League Baseball Auctions - Bats - Test
    BJ Upton Autographed Black Big Stick Bat 1 Shortstop Prospect. Current Bid $ 89.99 Autographed Don Mattingly T141 model bat w/ Donnie Baseball insc  
    http://auction.mlb.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=22763&cgmenbr=

31. B A T S
    And bats well, poor bats in Western culture, they ve often suffered the fate of being dropped usually into those spooky, scary, or dangerous  
    http://www.sepulchritude.com/suffer/volumethree/bats.html
    
    Extractions: Pertinent updates are noted within the text of the article when warranted. umans tend to anthropomorphize their relationships with the other species of this planet. Any and all adjectives are attributed to our fellow species what animals do you conjure up when hearing such adjectives as fluffy, cute, edible, spooky, dangerous, gross, loyal, or noble? I would bet, given the audience of this 'zine, many of you adamantly thought, "Snakes. Snakes are fluffy." Yes, a minor challenge to the usual entrenched generalizations, that, and one I believe even speaks of a kind of reverence for the animals themselves. Idiosyncratic adjectives always bring a giddy smile to my face. Nevertheless, I am sure you must know what I am talking about when I speak instead of the typical descriptions people are wont to use. And bats well, poor bats in Western culture, they've often suffered the fate of being dropped usually into those spooky, scary, or dangerous categories. Terrifying or sometimes cutesy sanitized images of them are trotted out at Hallowe'en and in horror movies. Communities frequently worry about them as a health or safety concern, sometimes citing (erroneously, by the way) that most bats are rabid.

32. Bats Northwest
    Habits, habitat needs, health concerns, scientific research and community outreach. Based in Washington State.  
    http://www.batsnorthwest.org/
    
    Extractions: Bats Northwest is a not-for-profit organization formed in 1996 by scientists, educators, and interested lay people to help protect Pacific Northwest bat populations through education and research. To this end we work to educate the general public about bats, we join with government biologists to research and protect local bat populations, we act as a conduit of information about bats, and we encourage responsible attitudes and actions in human/bat conflicts.

33. Home | Rabies
    Information on rabies, a viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal, is now available for both professionals and the  
    http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/
    
    Extractions: Rabies Contact with stray, unowned, or otherwise unfamiliar animals can sometimes result in exposure to rabies. In this broadcast, Dr. Kira Christian discusses a recent multistate investigation that involved several children and adults who had handled a stray kitten during a sporting event. Rabies Exposure * Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links. Page last modified: March 6, 2008

34. Night Wings - The Bats Of Austin
    The Austin Saga of the Freetail bats plays out nightly under Austin skies as this tourist attraction entertains thousands who come to see the bats of  
    http://www.io.com/house/batstory.html
    
    Extractions: History of Freetail Bats in Austin ... In 1980, while reconstructing the Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin, bridge engineers had no idea that new crevices created beneath the bridge would make an ideal place for a bat roost. Even though they had lived there for years, it was headline news when bats suddenly began moving in under the Austin bridge by the thousands. After the novelty of this unusual occurrence had worn off, the public began to react in fear. Many activists within the Austin community began petitioning to have the colony eradicated. About that time, a group now know as Bat Conservation International, stepped in and began an educational process about the bats. They educated Austinites to the fact that they are gentle and incredibly sophisticated animals, and that they eat from 10,000 to 30,000 pounds of insects, including mosquitoes, each night. The campaign proved to be successful as Austin came to appreciate its bats and even erected a bat sculpture in honor of this unique and spectacular mammal. Since then, the population under the Congress Avenue Bridge has grown to be the largest urban colony in North America. Up to 1.5 million make nightly flights creating a most unusual tourist attraction for Austin.

35. Austin Ice Bats
    Official site. Schedule, team news, fan club information.  
    http://www.icebats.com/
    
    Extractions: insideof='1'; page='Variables.pagename'; Thank You Fans! Your Austin Ice Bats would like to thank all our fans, especially our season ticket holders and corporate partners for their support in a remarkable 2007-2008 season! Check back often during the off-season for updates on plans for 2008-2009, or get the latest Ice Bats news delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for Wingmail

36. Index
    Fruit bats. ENSKRIBI.  
    http://fruitbatsmusic.com/

37. WDFW - WildWatchCams
    A maternity colony is where many female bats congregate and have their young. Not active this year. The bats return next year, hope you will too!  
    http://wdfw.wa.gov/wildwatch/batcam/index.html
    
    Extractions: This is a picture of the ceiling inside an old log cabin that contains a maternity colony of the Townsend's big-eared bat ( Corynorhinus townsendii ). A maternity colony is where many female bats congregate and have their young. And yes, there really are bats here 125 to 150, in fact but at times you won't be able to see all or even any of them. That's because bats don't have a stationary nest. Instead, they move themselves and their young according to temperature. On a cool day a hundred of them may be clustered together at the top of the ceiling; on warm days they may be scattered individually or in dozens around the cabin ceiling. Around 8:30 or 9 p.m. they may be seen flying to leave the cabin to forage for food (although the image, refreshed only every 15 seconds or so, may be blurry.) Full Story

38. Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Bat Facts
    Information or research assistance regarding bats is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The following information has been prepared to  
    http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/batfacts.htm
    
    Extractions: Home Encyclopedia Smithsonian ... Science and Technology Bat Facts I nformation or research assistance regarding bats is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The following information has been prepared to assist those interested in this topic. Mormoopidae: Pteronotus parnellii (Mustached bat), Brazil. Photo by L. H. Emmons Western civilization has generally regarded bats with superstition, fear, and uncertainty. Too often, popular misconceptions have labeled them as "dirty," "disease carriers," or "blood suckers," an unenviable reputation to be sure. Only in China, expressed in art and handicrafts, has the bat achieved respectability as a symbol of happiness and good luck. This document attempts to dispel the fears and answer some of the questions most often asked of the National Museum of Natural History by presenting some general facts about the biology and natural history of these shy, nocturnal creatures. What are they?

39. 96-97 YLP-mini Units
    This unit was developed to be a two week thematic unit on bats. A unit on bats is a great way to expand of the concepts of observing and classifying.  
    http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ylp/96-97/96-97_mini_units/Bats_MClaeys/bat.html
    
    Extractions: BATS: Creatures of the Night By Marcie Claeys Images obtained from Bat Conservation International Grade Level: Second Rationale: I chose this topic because it was scheduled as a unit in my second eight week placement. This unit uses a combination of science discovery centers, small group activities, and whole group discussions. During the second week of the unit, the students were able to observe "bats" in a "cave" that had been set up in the classroom. This unit was developed to be a two week thematic unit on bats. This unit introduces a lesson on mammals, which they will be studying this winter. BAT UNIT GOALS Identify the various parts of a bat's anatomy. Distinguish between bats and birds. Identify the differences between Microbats and Megabats. Identify bat habitats and the characteristics that make these locations attractive to bats. Describe how echolocation is used to locate objects and navigate surroundings.

40. MySpace.com - CANCER BATS - TORONTO, CA - Rock / Metal / Hardcore - Www.myspace.
    MySpace music profile for CANCER bats with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more.  
    http://www.myspace.com/cancerbats

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