FRUIT BATS

Identity Crisis
Egypt Today - I edged nearer — not that I could get much nearer – and noted the absence of a tragus, a lobe within the ear that fruit bats lack, and the two claws on the forewing that are diagnostic

Group upset zoo took out 139 trees to build Teton Trek
Memphis Commercial Appeal - It's part of a 25-year, $96 million overhaul of the zoo that freed cats from steel cages, let monkeys swing from trees and Jamaican fruit bats dangle upside down in a faux cave, oblivious to visitors who've never seen a bat that close

No fresh Nipah attack reported
New Nation - The virus, named after the Malaysian village where it was first detected, jumped the species barrier from fruit bats and then to humans in October 1998

Sydney launches flying fox battle
BBC News - Officials at Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens had estimated there were about 11,000 of the super-bats roosting in the ... It cruises around at night using its eyes and a powerful sense of smell to search for fruit and flowers

Symbol of the West
Arizona Daily Star - Reproduce with the help of pollination by birds, insects and nectar-feeding bats. ... Produce cactus fruit, which has served as a source of food for American Indians and others.

VA PAWS volunteers hit their stride
Roanoke Times - The odd little puppy was named in honor of Fox 8 News, a Greensboro, N.C., television station involved in her story, and in reference to "Stellaluna," a Janell Cannon children's book about fruit bats. "She looks like a little fruit bat," said Lila ...

February 2008
New York Daily News - ... their top three home run hitters (Sammy Sosa and Brad Wilkerson - and the fact that they combined for fewer than 800 at-bats ... is that they got an excellent prospect haul from the Tigers in exchange for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis, with fruit ...

Dawgs here, brought football weather
Atlanta Journal Constitution - He didn’t (.214 with one homer in 206 at-bats) and they didn’t. Now he’s got a fresh start and a healthy back (knock on wood). He knows we’re going to be watching closely, at least for a while. “They [fans] are going to be that way all the ...

MLB's RBI program enters 20th year
Philadelphia Phillies - ... grown up in Southern California, were the first stars to embrace the project, donating their time, along with money for bats ... After 19 years of existence, the program has begun to bear some fruit in the Major Leagues. C.C. Sabathia, Coco Crisp, James ...

February 2008
New York Daily News - Then he balanced a basket of fruit on top of his head and sang in Spanish, “Fruit … buy my fruit … mango …” The Mets ... Listed at 29, though documents suggest he’s four years older, Abreu hit .332 with 17 homers and 70 RBI in 407 at-bats in ...

Megabat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Megabats is the term formerly used to refer to fruit bats of the family Pteropodidae . It was thought that they constituted a suborder (Megachiroptera) within the order Chiroptera ...

Fruit Bats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fruit Bats are an American band originally from Chicago , but now based in Seattle . Fruit Bats were formed in 1999 by guitarist , pianist and singer Eric Johnson, the band's main ...

Fruit Bats
Information on members of the family Pteropodidae, their adaptations, diet and behavior

Rodrigues fruit bat
What do they sound like? Rodrigues fruit bats chatter constantly, especially at feeding time. You can also hear their wing flaps in this sound clip

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Fruit Bat Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
Fruit Bats are large flying mammals that eat fruit and flower nectar. ... EnchantedLearning.com is a user-supported site. As a bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free ...

MySpace.com - Fruit Bats - 2-step / Tropical / Bluegrass - www ...
MySpace music profile for Fruit Bats with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and mor

Fruit bats | In the Air | Our Animals
Australian animals, their physical features, food, home and environment and social groups. For lower- to middle-primary schools students. Currently showing on ABC TV. ... Sometimes ...

Sub Pop Records
Eric Johnson has been making experimental and pop-inflected folk-rock with increasing compositional and thematic complexity since Califone/Perishable Records founders Tim Rutili ...

Fruit Bats: WhoZoo
The Malaysian Fruit Bat. Bats have inhabited the Earth for about the last 50 million years. The earliest fossils of the species found bare a remarkable resemblance to the bats ...