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BatsContents1. Title PagePage... 12.ContentsPage... 23.Bat FactsPage... 3-44.Congress Ave. BridgePage... 5-65.How To Get A Bat out(p) Of Your HousePage... 66.About Bat HousesPage... 77.ReferencesPage... 8+My overcompensate is on flits. I will start my story off by telling you somefacts about puzzle outs.Bat Facts1. Did you know that the worlds sm on the wholeest mammal is a Bumblebee thresh that riflesin Thailand. It weighs less than a penny 2. vampire bats adopt orphan pups(the name for a baby bat) and begin been known to risk their lives to sh ar foodwith the less fortunate. 3. The African Heart-Nosed bat can hear the footstepsof a beetle walking on sand from a distance of over six feet 4. The giantFlying obnubilate bat from Indonesia has a wing span of six feet 5. Disk-winged batsof Latin America have adhesive disks on both feet that enable them to live inunfurling banana leaves (or even walk up a windowpane pane). 6. Nearly 1,000 kindsof bats account for al close a quar ter of all mammal species, and most are highlybeneficial. 7. Worldwide, bats are the most important natural enemies of night-flying insects 8. A single brown bat can catch over 600 mosquitoes in just one bit 9. Tropical bats are key elements in rain timber ecosystems which rely onthem to pollinate flowers and disperse seeds for countless trees and shrubs. 10.Bat gook in caves support whole ecosystems of unique organisms, includingbacteria useful in detoxifying wastes, improving detergents, and producinggasohol and antibiotics. 11. More than 50% of American bat species are insevere decline or already listed as endangered. Losses are occurring atalarming rates worldwide. 12. All mammals can contract lyssa however, eventhe less than half of one percent of bats that do, unremarkably bite only in self-defense and pose little bane to people who do not handle them. 13. Ananticoagulant from Vampire bat saliva may soon be used to treat tender heartpatients. 14. Contrary to popular misco nception, bats are not blind, do notbecome entangled in human hair, and seldom extend disease to other animals orhumans.Well, enough with the facts. I think that should affirm you ready for therest of my essay.Austin, Texas Congress Ave. BridgeA Bit Of History.......When Engineers speculate downtown Austins Congress Bridge in 1980,they had no idea that the mod crevices beneath the bridge would make an idealbat roost. Although bats had lived in Austin for years, it was headline newswhen they suddenly began moving by the thousands chthonic the bridge.