Bats

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How To Clean Bat Guano

Cleaning bat droppings can be a risky process because it can cause a disease called histoplasmosis. These feces are found where bats stay, and these are dark places such as the attic where ‘bat guano’ is often found. Bat guano looks like rat feces. The fascinating thing about these feces is that it will turn …

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Big Brown Bat Summer Habitat

The Big Brown Bat is a species of vesper bat that is widely present across North America and the Caribbean.  Big brown bats are insectivores that consume a vast array of insects including beetles and other high-flying insects. The Big brown bat is beneficial to the agricultural industry because of the nature of these insects …

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Bat echolocation facts

Bat echolocation is a strategy employed by bats to visualize their environment and thrive mostly in the dark to either navigate or to seek prey. They do this by emitting a very high frequency by contracting their voice box. This leads many people to believe that bats are blind, but they use echolocation as just …

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bat hibernation facts

There are in total eight species of bats in Ontario. From those eight The Little Brown Myotis, Least or Small-footed Bat, Eastern Pipistrelle, and the Big Brown Bat hibernate in the winter. When food runs out in the fall, these four bats will go in search of cool and humid mines and or caves. When …

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Types of bats in Ontario

Bats are an interesting animal species that conjure up all kinds of images when one thinks about bats. Most people who don’t have much experience with bats often might think that bats are blood-thirsty animals that are out there for blood, but that is far from reality. Turns out that bats are very beneficial for …

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