Bat Quiz Are you a bat novice or a bat master? Each question is worth up to 4 points. And you're on a timer, so don't hang about! 1. How do bats find their way around and catch insects in the dark? Vision Feeling their way Echolocation Immune System 2. On average, how many babies do female bats produce per year? One Four Six Eight 3. What do UK bats eat? Blood Fish Insects Plants 4. How do bats survive the cold months if they do not migrate south to find food? Eat more Hibernate Huddle together Grow thicker fur 5. What is the biggest threat to the survival of bats? Drought Habitat destruction Predators Climate Change 6. Out of about 5000 types of mammal in the world, how many are bats? 25 80 750 1300 7. What is a baby bat called? Kit Pup Batlet Calf 8. Why can’t we hear bats echolocating? They are shy around humans Their calls are very quiet They call at higher frequency than human hearing They only echolocate when we are asleep 9. Bats give birth to live pups, but what proportion of mum’s size are they at birth? Hundredth Tenth Fifth Third 10. Humans date back to a few hundred thousand years, how long ago did bats first emerge? 500,000 years 2 million years 25 million years 50 million years Time is Up! Time's up
