THE BUMBLEBEE BAT

By Campbell Roediger

DESCRIPTION

It is a microbat It is the smallest known

bat 29 to 33 mm long It is usually red or grey Wingspan 170 mm

DIET AND FEEDING HABITS

Feeding habits Diet

They do not stop to eat they eat while they are in flight

They live very close to water because there they can find the best bugs

they usually eat flies

Sometimes they can eat spiders

HABITAT

There are a limited number of areas where the Bumblebee bat lives

They are found mostly in Thailand

They live in forest areas They also live in

limestone caves

INTERESTING FACTS

Due to there small size the bumblebee bats only threat are humans coming into the caves that they live in

There other name is the kitti’s hog nose bat

They get there name from well being the size of a large bumblebee but they were discovered by a biologist named kitti Thy

The population of the bumblebee bat is 4000 bats

I hope you learned a lot about the bumblebee bat

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