Julian decided to pick the 'Vampire Bat' for a habitat assignment. 100% grade!! Good Job, little man♥
Since I am a preschool teacher, I had plenty of supplies from paint to templates.
Completely homemade from things around the house...
Fun quality time for Ju♥ and I ;]
Fun facts about VAMPIRE bats:
1. They live in Mexico, Central & South America
2. They have sharp incisor & canine teeth
3. They only feed on blood of birds & animals (very seldom humans ;])
4. They live in dark caves, mines, tree hollows & abandoned buildings
5. They fly three feet off the ground
6. They drink about half of their body weight in blood
7. They can live about 20 years
8. The Owl is their predator
9. Their saliva has a special substance to keep the blood from clotting.
10. They wait till an animal is asleep or very still to feed. Using a sound process called Echolocation to find their prey.
11. They are the size of your thumb with an 8inch wing span
12. They can also carry rabies
**Thought you'd also like to know that bats are very friendly. People have been known to have them as pets. LOL!!
