Monday, January 3, 2011

stuctural: getting food

Unlike most bats the horseshoe bats creat sound through it's nose, not mouth. this helps it to direct sound to use echo location. It also helps to magnify the sound.

website: http://www.ehow.com/about_5410661_horseshoe-bat.html
author:  Cindy Dixon

~logan

Sunday, January 2, 2011

stuctural: predators

As i said in my earlier post horseshoe bats don't have any real predators, a reason for this is because of how they look. they are quite ugly as you can see below so animals are frightened of them.




~logan

structural: reproduction

 They are also able to fly at 4 weeks so the combination of this, and being born around may, by the time they can fly food is easy to get.

website: http://www.jwaller.co.uk/batgroup/lesser_horseshoe.asp
author: Julia and John

~logan