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Do Bats Drink Blood?
Schmidt-French, Barbara A.; Butler, Carol A.
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Paperback. Numbering more than one thousand species in our world, bats in the wild are generally unthreatening. Like most other mammals, bats are curious, affectionate, and even playful with one another. Highly beneficial animals, bats are critical to global ecological, economic, and public health. This title offers a compendium of facts about bats. Series: Rutgers Animal Q&A Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 16 colour & 25 black-&-white photographs. BIC Classification: PSVW7; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Bat biologist Barbara A. Schmidt-French and writer Carol A. Butler offer a compendium of insightful facts about bats in this accessible and expertly written question-and-answer volume. Numbering more than one thousand species in our world today, bats in the wild are generally unthreatening. Like most other mammals, bats are curious, affectionate, and even playful with one another.
Bat biologist Barbara A. Schmidt-French and writer Carol A. Butler offer a compendium of insightful facts about bats in this accessible and expertly written question-and-answer volume. Numbering more than one thousand species in our world today, bats in the wild are generally unthreatening. Like most other mammals, bats are curious, affectionate, and even playful with one another.
Highly beneficial animals, bats are critical to global ecological, economic, and public health. Do Bats Drink Blood? illuminates the role bats play in the ecosystem, their complex social behavior, and how they glide through the night sky using their acute hearing: echolocation ... Read more
Featuring rare color and black-and-white photographs, including some by renowned biologist, photographer, and author Merlin Tuttle, Do Bats Drink Blood? provides a comprehensive resource for general readers, students, teachers, zoo and museum enthusiasts, farmers and orchardists, or anyone who may encounter or be fascinated by these extraordinary animals.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Rutgers Animal Q&A Series
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813545882
SKU
V9780813545882
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About Schmidt-French, Barbara A.; Butler, Carol A.
BARBARA A. SCHMIDT-FRENCH is a biologist, bat rehabilitator, and the science officer at Bat Conservation International. She is the coauthor of Medical Reference for the Rehabilitation and Captive Care of Insectivorous Bats. CAROL A. BUTLER is the coauthor of Salt Marshes: A Natural and Unnatural History(Rutgers University Press) and the coauthor/photographer of Do Butterflies Bite? Fascinating Answers to Questions about Butterflies ... Read more
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Do Bats Drink Blood? is an excellent resource for the many questions people of all ages have about bats. It introduces a group of animals that includes almost a quarter of the world's mammalian species. Too often feared, bats are essential to healthy ecosystems and human economies. Schmidt-French and Butler cover a wide range of topics for curious readers.
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