Illustration by Connie Oswald Stofko It’s Bat Week, time to raise awareness about the important role bats play in our environment and our gardens. What you might not know about bats All of New York State’s bats eat insects. A single little brown myotis bat can consume 1,000 mosquito-sized insects in just one hour!The bat is the only mammal that can truly fly. (Flying squirrels glide, but don’t fly.)Bats are extremely long lived, compared to mammals of similar size. The oldest…
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