Do you know #1/5- Fact about animals: Bat is the only mammalian animal that can fly.
Firstly, let's take a look at what mammal is-
- A mammal is a warm-blooded vertebrate that nourishes their young ones with milk secreted by mammary gland, have the skin usually covered with hair (or fur).
- A type of animal that feeds milk to its young ones and that usually has hair or fur covering most of its skin.
- It is derived from the latin word "MAMMAL" which means "BREAST".
The characteristics of a mammal includes
Mammary gland (the female)
Hair (or fur)
Middle ear bones
Sweat glands
Temperature regulation (warm-blooded)
NOTE: Some of these characteristics are found in some other classes but we have two unique characteristics of mammals which areMammary gland
Hair ( or fur)
People once thought Bats were birds without feather. Isn't that funny, birds without feather. But to be plane, bats are mammals because they have the following characteristics of a mammal
- They are nurse their babies with milk
- They have hair (or fur)
- *** They are warm-blooded.***
Bats spreads their wings and fly like a bird but are mammals
Watch out for the next facts about animals #2/5.
Happy steeming...
Oh wow! That's pretty interesting, but it sounds so logical! Still, I'm not a big fan of bats, don't need them in my house or attacking me, but they are interesting creatures for sure :)
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