Kel wrote:
Subject: Bats
Did you know how fortunate we are to have bats at Bairnsdale? The fact sheet from, "Gardening Australia" said: Put up a bat house to encourage the presence of these shy and misunderstood
creatures. Bats consume 3,000 or more mosquitoes and other insects nightly, and bats are less likely to be rabid than are dogs.
Need another reason?
Bats are responsible for up to 95 percent of the seed dispersal essential to the regeneration of forests. Our planet is populated with plenty of bizarre and astonishing creatures. Here are three from the Bat Family... |