Description
3191, Fruit Bat Hand Puppet from Folkmanis
Flying in for friendly fun is the Folkmanis Fruit Bat. Also known as a flying fox, this winged wonder has a cute, foxlike face with short snout and pointy ears as well as movable wings that span 20" wide.
Length:3" Long
Width:20" Wide
Height:9" Tall
Weight:2.24 oz.
Puppet Type: HAND PUPPET
Puppet Birthday: 2022 July
Special Features: Movable wings.
Incredible Facts About Fruit Bats!
- The bat is an exquisitely talented flyer. In fact, it is the only mammal fully capable of flight.
- These bats have an unfortunate tendency to incubate viruses and other diseases.
- While the fossil record of the fruit bat is sparse, genetic analysis reveals that the ancestor of all fruit bats probably evolved more than 30 million years ago.
- One of the more amazing facts is that fruit bats play an important role in their local ecosystem by dispersing undigested seeds or pollen throughout the environment. Some plants have even evolved unique adaptations that make it easier for bats to feed. This mutually beneficial adaptation is an example of a symbiotic relationship.
- There are 42 types of Fruit Bats.
- The scientific name for the family of fruit bats is Pteropodidae (this is derived from a combination of Latin words that roughly translate to mean “wing-foot” in English). This family is also sometimes known as megabats, flying foxes, and Old World fruit bats. However, it is possible to define fruit bats more broadly than this. It can mean basically any bat that consumes fruit
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