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There are also hazards that face the bat colony itself. By being located in the East College Street parking garage the bats may be at risk to the insecticide that is sprayed throughout the warmer part of the year. Insecticide trucks drive down highly populated centers in Nacogdoches, particularly those near athletic areas. As verified by Brian Bray, Director of Community Services for the city of Nacogdoches, there has been insecticide sprayed down East College Street throughout the year until…

This shows Onychonycteris finneyi, a bat fossil. The image shows its wing digits widely spread out with small claws on tip of each finger. It also shows the long tail found in earlier bat fossils (Moskowitz, 2008). Molecular Mechanisms The origins of bats wing muscles, molecular and cellular mechanisms are unknown but this research shows that the wing muscles of bats come from “a multiple myogenic source of different embryonic origins” (Tokita, Abe, && Suzuki, 2012). The results conclude that…

known for many years that bats use echolocation to navigate and find prey in the dark. What has been left unanswered is how that when bats are flying together are not found running into each other due to interference of sound waves from their neighbours. It is known that bats do not have any problems with this interference because bats have been observed flying in swarms and capturing prey with not a problem. What scientists are now trying to discover is how the bats can get around the problem…

Releasing the ghosts of Drovers Cave: A reintroduction feasibility study of captive-born ghost bats (Macroderma gigas saturata) into the wild. Alba Arteaga Claramunt 1. Introductory statement Almost a quarter of all bat species in the world are in danger of extinction and the ghost bat, Macroderma gigas, is on this list (Dobson, 1880; Ruffell, Guilbert & Parsons, 2009a). There are less than 10,000 ghost bats living in Australia and only 1,000 of them remain in Western Australia (Hutson,…

study.Vampire bats are currently being studied by scientists to produce a possible medicine that will aid people with heart problems. Their saliva contains a blood thinning agent that could possibly be used in a ground breaking medication that will not harm bat populations and will hopefully reduce the negative stigma for the bats. There is also research surrounding bats echolocation abilities that could assist the blind in the future. To solve the issues and keep the benefits of bats in our…

an altered tetrapod limb structure (Cooper and Tabin 2008). Changes include increasing membrane surface area between the digits and between the forelimb and flank (Cooper and Tabin 2008). In addition to a reduced bone thickness which decreases the bats weight (Cooper and Tabin 2008). Also a strengthen forelimb and increase in muscle mass of the forelimb, with and lengthen of forelimbs give allows them to attain flight (Cooper and Tabin 2008). Its humerus is closest to the body, thin and long in…

The cage is the nickname for the rectangular shaped warehouse that Ben rents out and converted into a baseball batting cage and fitness area. This place has impacted myself today because it has enforced into my mind that working hard to achieve your goals does not have to be miserable. Even though we were working hard at the cage, it is still where I had…

young and feed their young with mammary gland. Out of the 29 Orders of mammal, the Order Chiroptera (bats) is the only Order that can fly. Bats is the only mammal that have modified limbs allowing it to achieve the ability to fly (Hickman, 2015). Bats is also the only few mammals that have the ability to use echolocation- the ability to use high frequency sound to navigate the environments. Bats are divided into two groups: megabats and microbats. Megabats does not relies echolocation, but…

Blood sucker, dead, predator: These are all words that can describe a vampire. There have been several vampire stories throughout the years. Each author takes and gives them different characteristics but they usually are universally described as a creature that was once human that somehow has returned from the dead and preys on living humans by drinking their blood to stay alive. Dr. John William Polidori, an English writer and physician, is said to have created the first written vampire story…

Davis Martin Mr Gale Comp 3 22 April 2017 People have heard of mythical creatures before all the stories and myths people were told they were just stories. It raises the question however were this creature real or are they still just figments of people's imagination. Three mythical creature people have heard of due to their popularity are the werewolf, vampire, and zombies. This have been popular creatures in many movies and tv shows. However some actually believe these creatures are real. So…