Variety of fauna in the universe is so unique, not to mention the possible bat man much feared because apparently or because the myth that link with the spirit world or like a blood sucking vampire.
But behind the loss and danger given the bat in humans, there are great benefits that affect the balance of the world's ecosystems. So no wonder superhero Batman kind and helping others to imitate nature bats also generous in terms of several years previously for humans in terrestrial ecosystems.
FACTS ABOUT BATS
Bats are the only mammals that can fly. They use their wings to fly and look for food at night. When the morning until noon bats just fell asleep and hanging in their home. Therefore, it is referred to as nocturnal bats.
Ability when flying at night with sharp eyes and be able to produce ultrasonic sounds, making the scientist fall in love to investigate. Moreover, bat fossils from ancient times to the present is not much different at all, nothing has changed.
There are banya species of bats, one of which is the most popular vampire bats, which are very efficient in the hunt at night by sucking the blood of animals incarannya like a bird, mammal or human blood. Because, basically, these bats are sensitive to animal breath sound asleep.
There are about 1,200 species of bats are scattered throughout the world including in Indonesia. Nearly a quarter of mammals on earth filled with bats. From bats are small, to large, or of the fruit bat to vampire bats.
However, only three types of the most feared vampire bats, including regular vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), vampire bats hairy legs (Diphylla ecaudata), and white vampire bat wings (Diaemus youngi) and all of berhabitat in the Americas.
Heat sensors make vampire bats can distinguish the skin that covers the body part containing fresh blood and warm the hair area. They use their sharp teeth to make a hole 5 square millimeters of the skin and suck the blood of animals without waking.
TYPES OF BAT
70% of the bats consume insects, and mostly acts as a natural pest control. There are also fruit bats; nectar bats; bat carnivores that prey on small mammals, birds, lizards and frogs; fish-eating bats, and the most famous blood-sucking vampire bats of South America.
Bats are mammals that can fly from the order Chiroptera with both front legs evolved into wings.
Suborder Megachiroptera (megabats)
Pteropodidae
Suborder Microchiroptera (microbats) superfamily Vespertilionoidea
superfamily Emballonuroidea
Emballonuridae (Sac-winged or sheath-tailed bats)
superfamily Molossoidea
Molossidae (Free-tailed bats)
superfamily Nataloidea
Furipteridae (Smoky bats)
Myzopodidae (Sucker-footed bats)
Natalidae (Funnel-eared bats)
Thyropteridae (Disk-winged bats)
superfamily Noctilionoidea
Mormoopidae (Ghost-faced or moustached bats)
Mystacinidae (New Zealand short-tailed bats)
Noctilionidae (Bulldog bats or fisherman bats)
Phyllostomidae (Leaf-nosed bats)
superfamily Rhinolophoidea
Megadermatidae (False vampires)
Nycteridae (Hollow-faced or slit-faced bats)
Rhinolophidae (Horseshoe bats)
Hipposideridae (Old World leaf-nosed bats)
superfamily Rhinopomatoidea
Craseonycteridae (Bumblebee bat or Kitti's hog-nosed bat)
Rhinopomatidae (Mouse-tailed bats)
superfamily Vespertilionoidea
Vespertilionidae (Vesper bats or bats evening)
Antrozoidae (Pallid bat and Van Gelder's bat)
Read more at this link: Classification Bats
Or simply classified as follows:
Pteropodidae (flying-fox)
Emballonuridae (bat eco-Poster)
Megadermatidae (fake vampire)
Nycteridae (bat face-concave)
Rhinolophidae (bat-horseshoe)
Hipposideridae (barong)
Vespertilionidae (regular bat)
Molossidae (bat-lip wrinkles)
ADAPT BAT ABILITY AND HUNTING
Almost all bats are nocturnal and many live in caves. Although they look good, they are relying on their voices when hunting at night, use echolocation (sonar) to avoid collisions and to catch insects in flight.
Bats emit high-pitched sound (up to 100,000 hertz) or categorized ultrasonic, which gives the bat information about the size, shape, and distance of the object. The rate at which bats emit squeaks sound sometimes as high as 200 Hz. Bats easily find their way through a complex obstacle though, but deaf makes them helpless.
BAT ROLE IN EARTH ECOSYSTEM
Bats are an important part of the world, especially for agricultural ecosystems as natural predators for pest for crops, not only that, bats help keep humans from bertaburannya deadly mosquito transmission of malaria and dengue disease (dengue hemorrhagic fever).
Bats also participate in spreading the pollen which is certainly beneficial to humans. But over time, many bats hunted one as a meal or just kill him.
DANGER BAT FOR HUMAN
Bats do not live in peace for granted, as a threat to her very large ranging from wind turbines, bad weather, they are very sensitive to weather changes. Lung different bats to birds, so death can occur when wind turbines are called barotrauma. Not only that, poaching and disease that happened to be a big problem for the world. As of 2006, which occurred in the United States and Canada recognize White Nose Syndrome, a condition related to the death of millions of bats.
Deaths due to diseases caused by fungi Pseudogymnoascus destructans, was found growing on the muzzle, ears, and wings of bats suffer. It is certainly a loss for farmers because, with the demise of the bat and the outbreak of fungal disease in bats will make the farmer and land suitable threatened and losers.
There are things to be aware of the dangers posed bat. Bats are natural reservoirs for zoonotic pathogens many large number of viruses that make humans exposed to rabies. Its bite like a dog bite menghaislkan rabies virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS known to Henipah (Nipan and Hendra virus), even ebola virus.
If there is a dead bat around the house or at home, then do not ever hold, due to a variety of diseases can spread. Should lift the bat corpses with tools while closing the mouth and nose. Then throw it away or eliminate much of the settlement.
Even in the UK, it is illegal to handle cases of bat if not an expert, and without a license. Therefore, it is required to contact the official agency handling the bat like the Bat Conservation Trust.
