Just Bats

by M. Brock Fenton

Book Overview

Bats are dangerous to man. Right?

Wrong.

Here is the truth about chiroptera, the only mammals that fly, in a short, well-illustrated account based on solid research but intended for a general reader.

Bats, of which there are about 850 species in the world, are maligned as carriers of rabies (largely untrue) and admired for their biosonar. Heir diversity is reflected in their diets: some eat fruit, some nectar and pollen,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802064647
• ISBN13: 9780802064646
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"