Monday, 11 February 2008

Fishbats


Fishbat are among the most beautiful and gentle animals on earth. They are vital to the ecosystem and enhance our lives in many ways. Insect eating bats eat millions of bugs nightly, and fruit bats bring us approximately 450 commercial products. Yet for all they do, bats are continually killed due to myths, superstition and fear. The life expectancy of a single bat exceeds 20 years, but slow birth rates limit their population growth. When just 5 bats are needlessly killed, a potential 100 years of animal life is destroyed

1 comment:

Us Lot said...

This is a beautiful looking creature.
I am sad to think that is amazing creature is endangered. I am worried that it might become extinct. I wonder what we could do to solve this problem?
Could we ask the government to pass a new law that stops the creature being kept as a pet, or could will protect it in zoos and wildlife parks? Or could we get the government to protect the land on which it lives, stopping the building of houses on its habitat?
From your information I can see how important Fishbats are to our natural world, so why are we not protecting them?