. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BATS. 77 animal; and one cannot err in determining the readi- ness and manner of flight after looking at the con- struction of the ; In general the flight of Wing-handed Animals is by short stages rather than by sustained motion. It the body. The strong breast muscles, the light lower part of the body, the elongation of arms and hands which sometimes reach three times the length of the body,"and, lastly, the flying
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BATS. 77 animal; and one cannot err in determining the readi- ness and manner of flight after looking at the con- struction of the ; In general the flight of Wing-handed Animals is by short stages rather than by sustained motion. It the body. The strong breast muscles, the light lower part of the body, the elongation of arms and hands which sometimes reach three times the length of the body,"and, lastly, the flying membrane itself, are all conducive to this mode of locomotion. Soar-. •om repose possibly by the ai like a great cloak is the membrane di hang from the long, twisted vine. Froi five feet as they fly. Their home is in J where they are very destructive to orcl vour only at night. (Pteropus edulis.) -tcli from nature presents the eir sleeping-place in the forest, ist while he studies them. How awn closely about them as they l tip to tip the wings are nearly va, Sumatra, Benda and Timor, irds. the fruit of which they de- is produced by a constant movement of the arms. While the bird can soar, the Bat can only flutter. Its fluttering is greatly promoted by the structure of ing is impossible, for none of the bones of the Bat are filled with air, the body does not contain the large air cavities of the bird, and, which is the chief reason, the Bat does not possess the strong feathers that are used to give impulse and guide the course. Its flight is a constant beating of the air and never a long shooting or gliding about without motion of the wings. In order to be able to stretch their mem- brane and readily and quickly take to flight, all Bats while in repose hook the claws of their hind paws into some lofty place, and suspend themselves from it, heads downward. It must be said that their hands are not only used in flying, but also in running on the level ground. Their walk is not re
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