Why is bat not a bird?

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   webismineposted 14 years ago

   Bats can fly, but they are not birds?! Why?

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      Rod Marsdenposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Dinosaurs, lizards and birds share common genetic traits. These traits are not shared by warm blooded animals such as humans and bats. There were flying lizards. They have more in common genetically with birds than bats. personally I like both bats and birds.
      
      

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   Lisa HWposted 14 years ago

   Birds aren't mammals.  They lay eggs and have feathers instead of fur.  Bats are mammals.   Bats don't really fly the same way birds do.  They glide instead.

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   tantrumposted 14 years ago

   because it's a mammal.
   Birds lay eggs.

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   fun2hubposted 14 years ago

   Bats are rodents.

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      ralwusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Bats are Not rodents. They don't have those teeth for gnawing, only for sucking yer blood. LOL

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   WriteAngledposted 14 years ago

   Bats are definitely mammals. They do not lay eggs. They are covered in fur, give birth and suckle their young.

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   webismineposted 14 years ago

   Wow, greatly differing answers!

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   KevCCposted 14 years ago

   Essentially the same answer throughout, bats are mammals. Incidentally bats do fly rather than just glide, Lisa HW maybe you were thinking of flying squirrels?

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   Uninvited Writerposted 14 years ago

   Great, this thread has me thinking of Rocky and Bullwinkle now

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      Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      

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   kerrygposted 14 years ago

   No, it's been pretty much the same answer every time.
   
   Bats are mammals like us (in fact, there was recently new evidence discovered that suggests they're relatives of primates), while birds are more closely related to reptiles.
   
   They fact that they both fly is due to a phenomenon called convergent evolution, which just means that two (or more) unrelated species have developed the same traits in response to similar environmental stimuli.

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      sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      exactly. How this happened is the pond slime in a certain area was under the influence of some stong wind forces. One day, a strong gust came up and raised some of the slime into the air. It didn't fly for long before it landed on the shore, but it determined that it enjoyed flight somehow. Though the slime did not yet have a brain there was a code embedded in the dna that it needed to later grow wings and fly.
      
      Listen... its all very complex and i dont have all day to describe what happened over 38.65 million years of evolution, but the point is- Thats what happened.

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    LRobbinsposted 14 years ago

    Bats are definitely mammals (I used to teach environmental education).  Another interesting tidbit, some bats give birth hanging upside down.  How's that for talent?

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    ralwusposted 14 years ago

    Well then, paltypussys lay eggs! They are not mammals or birds. LOL And a Kiwi can't fly, not can an ostrich. This is a silly ass question anyway.

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    lyricsingrayposted 14 years ago

    because it's a bat

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    sneakorocksolidposted 14 years ago

    Are we talking mountain bats or river bats?

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    ralwusposted 14 years ago

    Louisville sluggers

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    bats are mammals...and no they do not suck on human's blood. the vampire bat does suck on blood but that of livestock not human. I have a hub about bats and I am very interested in them.

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       sneakorocksolidposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Can you eat them?

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          Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          If you want to be as disgusting as Ozzie then sure you can eat bats.

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             sneakorocksolidposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             They don't taste good?

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                Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                lmao if you cooked them right then maybe.

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    wyanjenposted 14 years ago

    Birds don't dangle upside down.
    
    Bats don't poop on my car.

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    mega1posted 14 years ago

    Birds are around mainly in daytime
    
    Bats are here at night!

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    wyanjenposted 14 years ago

    Birds don't have pointy ears.
    
    Bats don't have pointy beaks.

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    mega1posted 14 years ago

    Birds tweet
    Bats squeak

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    birds are feathery cute
    bats are furry cute

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    birds have feathered wings
    bats have leathery boned wings

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    ralwusposted 14 years ago

    Fruit bats are quite a delicacy so I've been told. Tastes like chicken, a bird. LOL

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       Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       lmao ewww I would never in a million years eat bat...poor babies are already misunderstood

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          ralwusposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          You might if you lived where they are. I saw them using fishing poles to catch them right out of the air.

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             Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             with fishing poles? wow...

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    wyanjenposted 14 years ago

    No birds in the belfry.
    
    No bat flu.

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    mega1posted 14 years ago

    humans are often "batty" but not often "birdy"

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       wyanjenposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       all three can be flighty though

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    Frugal Fannyposted 14 years ago

    Birds don't use echo-location to locate their food the way bats do.

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    Frugal Fannyposted 14 years ago

    ..and I'm bird-brained AND batty. :p

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       wyanjenposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       But since you don't poop on my car, I'm qualifying you as BAT.
       

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          Frugal Fannyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          lmao!

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       elisabethkcmoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       thats funny

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    Will Apseposted 14 years ago

    Bats have boobs. Birds with boobs would be scary.

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       Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       i thhought guys liked ANYTHING with boobs....
       and chickens have breasts....

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    Lisa HWposted 14 years ago

    I've occasionally had giant moths on my front-door glass that really have the face and ears of miniature bat.  I wonder if those were really baby bats, birds, or flying mini-kittens.

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       Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       mini kittens
       prolly little bats. we get them here sometimes.

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          Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I wanna see a mini kitten that flies!

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             Lisa HWposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Come look out my front door in - oh, say - July. 

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    myownworldposted 14 years ago

    bats hang upside down, even when sleeping
    now birds have more sense than that..

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    cosetteposted 14 years ago

    bats aren't rodents, they are their own species, just as rabbits are. lots of creatures can fly that are not birds...

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       webismineposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       In hubpages' topics, bats come under Rodents:
       
       http://hubpages.com/topics/pets-and-ani … /bats/4647

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    blogdigzposted 14 years ago

    can bats walk?

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