Bat Facts

- There are over 1,000 known species of bats.

- 70% of bats consume insects.

- The flying fox is a bat with a wing span over 5 feet.

- Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

- Bat lifespan is 4 to 30 years depending on the species.

- The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand and weighs less than a penny.

- Vampire bats adopt orphans.

- A single little brown bat can catch 600 mosquitoes in just one hour.

- Bats make up a quarter of all mammal species on earth.