Bats – Facts and Myths

Bengt-Erik Engholm & Lina Blixt

Do you want to know everything there is to know about the bat? Then this is the book for you! There
are many hair-raising myths about bats as bloodsucking vampires of the night, and their wrinkled faces with large ears, wide-open mouths and razor-sharp teeth can look downright scary. Once upon a time, people even thought they hid in the dark because they were so ugly! But what scientists now know about the bat is as equally exciting as the myths. For example, the fact that we have bananas thanks to the important “work” of bats. And did you know that they are surely flying around where you live, even though you rarely see them?

Bats – Facts and Myths is an intriguing book full of joy of storytelling about one of the world’s oldest mammals and the only one that can fly. You will learn, among other things, that there are 1,400 different bat species, which is a fifth of all mammals in the world, and how they can fly in total darkness without colliding with trees or walls. You will also get answers to secrets such as why bats are so shy, why they look the way they do, and what they prefer to eat.
Through Lina Blixt’s evocative illustrations, you also get to meet the bat up close. Join us on an exciting search in the night, and learn more about one of our most mythical and fascinating mammals!

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