Bats Sentence Examples

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  • Bats are social, nocturnal and they migrate to a warmer climate, or hibernate.

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  • But in 1681 Gerard Blasius had brought out at Amsterdam an Anatome Animalium, containing the results of all the dissections of animals that he could find; and the second part of this book, treating of Volatilia, makes a respectable show of more than one hundred and twenty closely-printed quarto pages, though nearly two-thirds is devoted to a treatise De Ovo et Pullo, containing among other things a reprint of Harvey's researches, and the scientific rank of the whole book may be inferred from bats being still classed with birds.

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  • When she starts with her screaming tantrums it gets close to the point where only dogs and bats can hear her!

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  • The third tractatus of this volume deals with birds - including among them bats, bees and other flying creatures; but as it is the first printed book in which figures of birds are introduced it merits notice, though most of the illustrations, which are rude woodcuts, fail, even in the coloured copies, to give any precise indication of the species intended to be represented.

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  • The prevalence of rabies in bats in the UK may well be on the increase.

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  • Any remaining vestige of an Indian Summer is quickly blown away Birds; Butterflies; Bats; Fungi; .. .

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  • Although all mammals are thought to be susceptible to rabies infection, the primary hosts are carnivores and bats.

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  • Mammals are very few; they include the rat and Pteropus and other bats.

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  • The indigenous fauna of the islands is exceedingly poor in mammals, which are represented mainly by rats and bats.

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  • In size they may be compared with cats; the long slender limbs are connected by a broad fold of skin extending outwards from the sides of the neck and body, the fingers and toes are webbed, and the hind-limbs joined by an outer membrane as in bats.

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  • Troublesome insects, vampire bats, and the failure to introduce new blood into the degenerated herds, are responsible for its decline.

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  • Of the Cheiroptera (bats) only Vesperugo maurus is characteristically alpine.

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  • Bats, various species of rodents, and gazelles are very common, as is the ibex in the valleys of the Dead Sea.

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  • The large fruit bats (Pteropus) occur in immense colonies, and are sometimes eaten by the natives.

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  • Other discoveries include a few new squirrels and bats, and the occurrence of a lemur (Nycticebus tardigradus) in Tawi Tawi.

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  • Rats, frogs and bats form actually the only animal life in the caves, but a great number of antediluvian animal bones have been found here, as well as human bones and numerous remains of prehistoric human settlements.

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  • Audubon's Avenue, the one nearest the entrance, is occupied in winter by myriads of bats, that hang from the walls in clusters like swarms of bees.

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  • Bats are numerous, but the species are for the most part not peculiar to the area; several European forms are found at the higher elevations.

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  • Its animal life is in the main distinguished in species only from that of the Upper Sonoran belt, including among birds, the desert sparrow, desert thrasher, mocking-bird, hooded oriole; and among mammals small nocturnal species of kangaroo rats, pocket mice, mice and bats.

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  • These nervures taper towards the extremity of the wing, and are strongest towards its root and anterior margin, where they supply the place of the arm in birds and bats.

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  • Similar remarks are to be made of bats.

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  • Those apparent inconsistencies in the dimensions of the body and wings are readily explained by the greater muscular development of the heavy-bodied, small-winged insects, birds and bats, and the increased power and rapidity with which the wings in them are made to oscillate.

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  • While, therefore, there is apparently no correspondence between the area of the wing and the animal to be raised, there is, except in the case of sailing insects, birds and bats, an unvarying relation as to the weight and number of oscillations; so that the problem of flight would seem to resolve itself into one of weight, power, velocity and small surfaces, versus buoyancy, debility, diminished speed and extensive surfaces - weight in either case being a sine qua non.

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  • That no fixed relation exists between the area of the wings and the size and weight of the body to be elevated is evident on comparing the dimensions of the wings and bodies of the several orders of insects, bats and birds.

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  • Formerly bears, wolves and other wild animals took refuge in its fastnesses; and bats, rats, mice and salamanders are frequent visitors.

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  • In the southern and western islands the fauna is restricted mainly to foxes, bats, rats, mice, the sea otter, the penguin and other aquatic birds, and various cetaceans in the surrounding waters.

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  • With one or two possible exceptions, like Argas vespertilonis, which has only been obtained from European bats, no species of tick is known to be confined to a particular host.

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  • This absence of mammalian life in oceanic islands extends even to New Zealand, where the indigenous mammals comprise only two peculiar species of bats, the so-called Maori rat having been introduced by man.

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  • Very different, on the other hand, is the condition of things in Australia and Papua, where marsupials (and monotremes) are the dominant forms of mammalian life, the placentals being represented (apart from bats, which are mainly of an Asiatic type) only by a number of more or less aberrant rodents belonging to the mouse-tribe, and in Australia by the dingo, or native dog, and in New Guinea by a wild pig.

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  • Besides the dog and the pig, which (with the domestic fowl) must have been introduced in early times, the only land mammals are certain species of rats and bats.

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  • The island contains twenty-five species of bats, mostly of African, but some of Indian, affinities.

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  • In the southernmost islands are a small monkey, rats and mice, treeshrews (Cladobates nic.), bats, and flying-foxes, but it is doubtful if the "wild" pig is indigenous; cattle, when introduced and left, have speedily become "wild."

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  • These may be adapted for use as swimming appendages, as in seals, or as wings, as in bats.

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  • There will be a chance to look for bats and moths and also to see a barn owl.

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  • Can put grills on cave entrances to prevent interference to hibernating bats.

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  • Shortly after 9.30pm, 5 men approached the house wielding baseball bats.

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  • So problems only arise when building or repair work is being done which would disturb a colony of roosting bats.

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  • The use of sewage treatment works as foraging sites by insectivorous bats.

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  • The Guide reckoned we saw about 3.5 million Mexican Free-tailed bats exit the Cave in one hour 7.30-8.30pm.

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  • An opportunity to listen to bats using our bat detector.

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  • Methods Samples of DNA were collected under license from English Nature from greater horseshoe bats in Dorset during 2005.

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  • It represented an important breeding ground for frogs and was a definite feeding ground for owls and bats.

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  • A very great deal has still to be learned regarding carrier bats - not least by the bat conservationists.

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  • The cow dung attracts insects which provide a food source for the bats.

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  • We then had a look at a small group of False Vampire Bats asleep under a palm frond.

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  • Experience thick tropical forest and see fruit bats, a host of reptiles and the celebrated birdlife.

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  • These four tunnels are now gated to prevent disturbance to the bats.

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  • This project provides the first purpose-built hibernaculum for bats at Whipsnade, however, we are not relying on this alone.

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  • Letters reproduced from the Dundee Courier regarding rabies in bats.

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  • Bat rabies is different from classical rabies and rarely affects animals other than bats.

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  • Changes in the roofs of two nursery roosts have improved the environment for the bats during the breeding season.

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  • It has two bats filled with fried breakfasts and a string of sizzling sausages for a net.

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  • Not sure what Bats ' gripe is with Hollings, as my knowledge of local American politics is somewhat scanty.

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  • Big dry passages, lots of bats and spiders, we even saw a shrew in the cave.

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  • But if you use the active sonar and send out a ' ping ', the bats will stop coming after you.

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  • Computer simulations in this field provide biological insights, and also have spinoffs such as the realistic flock of bats in Cliffhanger.

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  • Even during the summer, bats can enter torpor during cool spells.

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  • Ten million Brazilian Free-tailed Bats pour out, in an unstoppable torrent of wings.

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  • He won the toss, Gold Bats skipper Bob Miller not at all put out on being invited to bat.

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  • I hit third base with authority and sped home for my second round tripper in two at bats.

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  • In habits bats are social, nocturnal and crepuscular; the insect-eating species feed on the wing, in winter in the temperate regions they migrate to a warmer climate, or hibernate, as do the British bats.

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  • In many cases of rabies transmitted by bats to humans, bites are not reported.

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  • In summer, bats emerge from their roosts at dusk to feed.

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  • Bats When Britain was largely forested, bats would roost in holes in old trees.

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  • The morning was spent clearing the tunnel of debris and building hibernation roosts for bats.

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  • The results from the first quarter of the saliva samples have all been negative, showing that the bats sampled were not carrying disease.

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  • When she starts with her screaming tantrums it gets close to the point where only dogs and bats can hear her !

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  • They 're only long lived if you take care of them and if you do n't knock them out with softball bats.

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  • Bats are among the most susceptible mammal species to habitat fragmentation.

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  • Luckily there was some bats swooping around for us to watch.

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  • Before emerging in the flight the bats utter a curious twittering sound.

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  • Bats are most active on warm, humid, windless nights.

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  • For example, for a boy you can add traditional blue ribbons and sports charms such as baseball bats, footballs or other sports-related choices.

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  • Balls, gloves, bats, and even fishing equipment make excellent gift basket choices.

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  • Aluminum bats are more popular these days because of the fact that aluminum is more elastic than wood-this means that when the ball hits the bat, it retains more of its kinetic energy (i.e. it will go farther outward into the field).

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  • Wooden baseball bats are generally less expensive than aluminum ones-new ones usually won't run you more than $20.

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  • Aluminum baseball bats are usually more expensive, running anywhere between $20 and $50 (although often, top-of-the-line aluminum bats can run more than $100!).

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  • While shopping online for baseball bats is a popular option, you should always go to a sporting goods store first to get a feel for different bats before purchasing.

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  • Be sure to talk to salespeople as well, and get advice from them about popular and dependable baseball bats worth purchasing.

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  • Also scan your local newspaper for announcements of garage sales-often times you can find items like baseball bats at garage sales for literally next to nothing as far as price goes.

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  • You'll find lots of great shops online for purchasing both new and used baseball bats.

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  • Amazon.com has a terrific selection of both wooden and aluminum baseball bats in their Sports & Outdoors store, most of which are always on sale!

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  • They include pumpkins, bats, hearts, snowflakes and American flags and are meant to be used temporarily.

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  • Unusual animal options include penguins, bats and a llama, among many others.

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  • On the other hand, you may not want the usual type of pet because dogs and cats can get boring and bats and llamas simply do not agree with you, so mythical pets seem more fun.

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  • Frame your favorite sports jersey or put some baseball bats over the bed as decoration.

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  • For the baseball fan, order mini-baseball bats, engraved baseballs and wall plaques similar to the golf plaque described above.

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  • A touch of Halloween can be added by sprinkling shiny confetti made of bats, jack-o-lanterns, ghosts and black cats on the tables.

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  • You'll also find a spooky bats tie and some cute bow ties.

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  • Rather than featuring fantasy themes with sword-weilding characters, Mother is set in a modern-day town where characters equip bats, frying pans and slingshots to fight stray dogs, cranky old ladies and other weirder foes.

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  • Luckily there are tons of interesting power-ups that appear to give you a hand, such as Pokeballs, food to refill your health, baseball bats and much more.

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  • Rabies is most often spread by animal bites from dogs, cats, mice, raccoons, squirrels, and bats and may cause encephalitis.

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  • Bats in the United States have developed a particularly infectious form of the virus.

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  • Some victims of rabies have been attacked by infected animals, particularly bats, that entered through unprotected openings.

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  • Cats account for about 10 percent of reported bites, and other animals (including rats, hamsters, ferrets, rabbits, horses, sheep, raccoons, bats, skunks, and monkeys) make up the remaining 5 to 10 percent.

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  • More than 90 percent of animal rabies cases occur in such wild animals as skunks, bats, and raccoons, with such domestic animals as dogs and cats accounting for fewer than 10 percent of cases.

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  • Use Halloween origami paper to make origami bats and pumpkins.

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  • Batcopter which shoots bats at the enemy.

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  • Parents are cautioned to only use the balls that are included with the Better Batter toy and to only allow children to use plastic bats.

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  • Using any other bats or balls may damage the product.

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  • A haunted mansion on the center panel, and bats, spiders with cobwebs, or ghosts on the dome for a spooky piece of art.

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  • Humans and other primates, as well as bats and some birds, are incapable of creating vitamin C in their bodies.

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  • Brookstone's LED candle features black bats flying up out of the dark on a bright orange background.

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  • Bats, catching gloves, starting blocks, soccer stat keeping electronics, and more can be found to help improve your child's game.

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  • If you need to decorate a bulletin board, choose from Halloween alphabet letter patterns or spooky bats border paper.

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  • Vampires rising out of plywood coffins, stalking robots that were clearly men in tin suits, bats flying across a painted moon...

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  • Bats still hold a powerful place in vampire lore, although Ann Rice has done a lot to dispel the notion that fashionable vampires morph into these "children of the night" as Bram Stoker once called them.

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  • Before sitting down in a chair and getting a permanent reminder of your love of bats, think about your options for bat tattoos.

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  • This would work well on larger areas such as legs and arms; center an entire sleeve tattoo around your love of bats.

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  • Get bats around portraits of Dr. Gonzo and Raoul Duke to display your love of the book.

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  • A bat tattoo can mean a few different things; for example, you may just like bats.

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  • Bats are also popular in the gothic subculture, as symbols of the darker side of life.

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  • The ancient Greeks associated bats with the goddess Diana.

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  • For the Chinese, bats symbolize peace, wealth, prosperity, good life and a good death.

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  • Bats are also associated with vampires, giving those interested in other creatures of the night a way to display their interest in fictional bloodsuckers.

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  • Along with the traditional, individually wrapped, mini chocolate bars and drops, we offer Halloween themed chocolates in fun shapes such as pumpkins, bats, and ghosts.

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  • This merchant sells disturbing party supplies, including severed limbs, a bowl of fingers, bats, fog machines, bloody tablecloths and lots more.

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  • Add cut-outs of pumpkins, ghosts and bats to accent the room.

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  • The catcher's gear protects him or her from injury by errant bats or poorly thrown balls that are difficult to catch.

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  • Umpires have been hit by pitches and even backswings with bats, and the right protective equipment is essential.

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  • Among the plants the wild banana, pepper, orange and mangosteen, rhododendron, epiphytic orchids and the palm; among mammals the bats and rats; among birds the cassowary and rifle birds; and among reptiles the crocodile and tree snakes, characterize this element.

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  • There are four species of large fruit-eating bats, called flying foxes, twenty of insect-eating bats, above twenty of land-rats, and five of water-rats.

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  • There is a small pig (Sus andamanensis), important to the food of the people, and a wild cat (Paradoxurus tytleri); but the bats(sixteen species) and rats(thirteen species) constitute nearly three-fourths of the known mammals.

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  • Oxen, sheep, dogs, monkeys, bats, and probably horses also suffer from similar parasitic diseases.

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  • The only indigenous land mammalia are a small rat and a few curious species of bats.

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  • Insectivorous bats are numerous, but the frugivorous division of this order is only represented by a single species in Japan.

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  • The agouti and the armadillo are practically extinct and the only other mammals are ground squirrels, rats, a few other small rodents, and some bats.

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  • Bats in prodigious numbers, and some of them of extraordinary size, inhabit the many caves of the island; more than twenty species are known.

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  • Endemic inferior animals and mammals are practically non-existent, except two bats and one scorpion, which are allied to Madagascar species or introduced.

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  • Huge caves, of which the most noted are the Farm Caves, occur in the hills near Moulmein, and they too are full of relics of their ancient use as temples, though now they are chiefly visited in connexion with the bats, whose flight viewed from a distance, as they issue from the caves, resembles a cloud of smoke.

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  • Most bats are insect-eaters, but the tropical "flying foxes" or fox-bats of the Old World live on fruit; some are blood-suckers, and two feed on small fish.

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  • There are several varieties of grasshopper mice (Orychomys), white-footed mice (Peromyscus), harvest mice (Reithrodontomys), rice-rats (Oryzomys), wood-rats (Neotoma), voles (Microtus), &c. Bats inhabit caves in Burnet, Williamson, Lampasas, Gillespie and other counties.

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  • Persons who when young could hear the squeaks of bats may be quite deaf to them when older.

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  • Wild pig, several species of rats, and many bats - one of the commonest being the'flying-fox, and many species of monkey - especially the gibbon - are also met with.

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  • Bats are numerous, both in species and individuals.

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  • In Yucatan the open plains, rich pasture, and comparative freedom from moist heat, insects and vampire bats, have been particularly favourable to cattle-raising, and the animals are generally rated among the best in Mexico.

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  • Some of its characteristic mammals and birds are the long-eared desert fox, four-toed kangaroo rats, Sonoran pocket mice, big-eared and tiny white-haired bats, road runner, cactus wren, canyon wren, desert thrashers, hooded oriole, black-throated desert sparrow, Texas night-hawk and Gambels quail.

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  • The fauna includes buffaloes, a marsupial cuscus, some bats, the beautiful scarlet lory, rare varieties of the ground-thrush, honey-eater and oriole.

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  • Bats of some twenty-five species have been registered; in central Sumatra they dwell in thousands in the limestone caves.

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  • Bats are very numerous.

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  • Bats also are very numerous, especially in the eastern forest region, where the vampire bat is a serious obstacle to permanent settlement.

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  • Bats are very numerous, and a number of the species are peculiar to the Philippines.

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  • Squirrels, flying-squirrels, porcupines, civet-cats, rats, bats, flying-foxes and lizards are found in great variety; snakes of various kinds, from the boa-constrictor downward, are abundant, while the forests swarm with tree-leeches, and the marshes with horse-leeches and frogs.

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  • The waters of this cavern appear to be entirely destitute of life; and the existing fauna comprises only a few bats, rats, mice, spiders, flies and small centipedes.

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  • The bats and some of the best-flying birds have no air sacs.

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  • Insects and bats have no feathers, and yet fly well.

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  • The statements here advanced are borne out by the fact that the wings of insects, bats and birds may be materially reduced without impairing their powers of flight.

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  • The fore-limbs may, however, be modified, as in moles, for burrowing, or, as in bats, for flight, or finally, as in whales and dolphins, for swimming, with the assumption in this latter instance of a flipper-like form and the complete disappearance of the hind-limbs.

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  • Third, by this time tales had perhaps begun to drift back of the vampire bats found in the New World.

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  • Why not take a trip to see to our Livingstone's fruit bats and Asiatic lions who both have newly improved enclosures this year?

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  • I don't have one particular favorite but I do like bats, otters and pine martens more than others.

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  • The limbs are not muscular enough to be used for standing upright; bats instead rest hanging upside down.

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  • Mammals include pipistrelle and Daubenton's bats, shrews and roe deer.

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  • In the same way that some hummingbirds visit bat pollinated passiflora, some bats may visit flowers not ' meant ' for them.

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  • Get used to hearing and seeing it, and not just on cricket bats and groin protectors.

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  • Bats emit high pitch pulses which are too high for the human ear to hear.

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  • One day Cujo chases a rabbit into a bolt-hole, a cave inhabited by some very sick bats.

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  • Though generally nearly smooth, or but slightly scaly, the surface of some hairs is imbricated; that is to say, shows projecting scale-like processes, as in some bats, while in the twotoed sloth (Choloepus) they are longitudinally grooved or fluted.

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  • From the Insectivora the bats, or Chiroptera, are evidently a specialized lateral offshoot; while the Dermoptera ma y be another branch from the same stock.

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  • It may be added that even bats are unable to cross large tracts of sea; and the fact that fruitbats of the genus Pteropus are found in Madagascar and the Seychelles, as well as in India, while they are absent from Africa, is held to be an important link in the chain of evidence demonstrating a former land-connexion between Madagascar and India.

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  • A pig (Sus papuensis), a dingo, several species of mice (of which Chiruromys is a peculiar genus), a few squirrels, and a considerable number of Chiroptera (bats) inhabit the country.

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  • Both the insectivorous and frugivorous divisions of the bats are well represented.

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