Bats A life as a bat is super cool. Do you think all bat species are killers of the human race or animal race? Most people see a bat and run away because majority of the USA thinks bats are human killers. Most bats eat fruit, insects, fish and blood. Pteropus bats also know as fruit bats are the largest type of bat in the world. There is a big difference between a fruit bat and a vampire bat. Vampire bats have a small muzzle that is cone shaped. They also have a very small tail and have very small ears. Vampire bats have canine teeth to suck blood out of their prey. Vampire bats are huge compared to fruit bats. Fruit bats use their vision and smell to find fruits, leaves and many more fruits. Fruit bats have a long nose and very sharp teeth …show more content…
No, I have not touched one, but i have seen a lot of bats. One day I hope to own a bat and have a family of them. Bats are flying mammals! Not all bats are referred as “bats” there’s about 1200 or more bat species. Such as a vampire bat and fruit bat. They are completely different they have different foods or blood they like. One thing I find interesting about bats is how they reproduce or have offspring. Bats hibernate in fall, but a female bat delays her ovulation and stores the sperm approximately seven months before allowing fertilization. In their size, bats have the most gestation period of any animals, From 40 days to six months. Do bats carry disease or rabies? Yes, there is many diseases they carry. A few of the disease rabies, nipha, hendra, ebola, and marburg are all viruses that bat carries and cause serious diseases in humans. Rabies is a disease that is spread through saliva or tissues from the nervous system. 90% of deaths are disease in the world. 3.3 million people can get infected with rabies. Bats also play an important role in the ecosystem. They play an important role by pollinating ,mangos ,bananas, cocoa, durin, guava, and agave. These all are fruits they pollinate with chiropterophily. They like bright and very
Is baseball America’s pastime? For the major leaguers maybe, but for college athletes it seems more like a new age video game. The introduction of high dollared aluminum bats produce football like scores, higher statistics, and a percentage of danger to each and every player on the field. The NCAA has changed the regulations of the bats so far and should look further into to making another change to wooden bats.
[1, 4, 5, 9, 13] There have been no documented cases where a human has contracted the disease from another human. [4] It appears, based on field and lab data, that infection requires direct contact with the virus through means such as contact with infective bodily secretions, urine, or tissues. [12] It is unknown to scientists how the virus can be maintained in the bat populations and avoids extinction as the host species becomes immune to its presence. [14] The incubation period from time of infection to the onset of symptoms is about 5-14 days in experimentally induced animals [4] and 8-14 days in natural field cases.
Bats could easily enter and exit the cave. Later, when developers decided to turn the cave into a show cave, they made a special entrance so bats could enter and exit at will. Mystery Cave is in danger of losing their bats from White Nose Syndrome (WNS). This disease is caused by a fungus that grows on the bat’s nose, turning it white. So far, no bats in Mystery Cave have been impacted from WNS, but WNS has impacted bats in Wisconsin. Bats aren’t the only difference between Mystery Cave and Niagara Cave.
Just some of The vampire’s numerous powers are: He can turn humans into the Undead, he is virtually immortal, he has the ability to grow younger by drinking blood, he casts no shadow, he casts no reflection, he has the ability to crawl along walls, he has the ability to control animals, he can control the weather and he also has the power to transform his own shape. Here we can see these powers.
The Asian Tiger Mosquito looks very similar to our common, everyday mosquitos except for a few differences. This six-legged insect averages a length of about ten millimeters. The abdomen of this species is black with white horizontal bands. These white bands are also found on the legs and have white tips on the palp. The thorax is also black and the dorsal side of the thorax has a white stripe down the center, starting at the back of the head and continues along the thorax.
In a world with ghosts, monsters, demons, and ghouls, there is one being that resonates in everyone’s mind. The idea of these creatures can be found in almost every culture on the planet in one form or another. They prey on the weak and they feast on the blood of their victims. They are compared to a fox for being quick and cunning, but also rather seductive in their nature. With their unholy existence one can only describe them as almost demonic. So what is this horrid creature? Well it is none other than the vampire, a creature as old as time itself. Throughout history there have been many different variations of the vampire, each with their own unique abilities. But one cannot help but mention
Count Dracula has been the frontrunner for the modern day vampire lore and legends since being printed back in 1897, pop culture took the vampire traits from Bram Stoker’s Dracula and twisted them. In modern portrayals of vampire lore, each author chooses an original aspect from Stoker but then creates a little bit of their own lore in the process. Count Dracula appears to be a walking corpse from the pale and gaunt visual aesthetics to the coolness of his undead skin (Stoker). In some cultures, the vampire is able to transform from the body of a human being to that of a fellow creature of the night, a bat. In the novel Dracula more than one town was easily visualized through the detailed descriptions throughout the novel, thus
The biggest difference is the fact that unlike in the earlier vampire tales, modern vampires are perceived as inhumanly attractive. Afterall, Dracula is described as a “tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white mustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of color about him anywhere.” (Dracula, 42). Whereas in Twilight, “Everyone of them was chalky pale… They all had very dark eyes despite the range in their hair...were all, devastatingly, inhumanly beautiful.” (Twilight, 18-19). Another dissimilarity is that Dracula does not have a reflection. While Jonathan Harker may be unable to see the Count in his mirror, in Twilight, Edward shows up in pictures and has a reflection. Lastly, another major difference between the two kinds of vampires lies in their sleeping habits. Twilight vampires do not sleep in coffins, in fact, they do not sleep at all. But in Dracula, Jonathan discovers the count sleeping in a
What is better a wood or aluminum bat? In this project I will take the scientific approach to answer this question. I will compare the average hitting distance of a wood and aluminum bat, how the bat feels, and how far the ball goes then compare the two bats together.
First a major difference is sunlight does not affect the vampires in Twilight. The only thing the sun does to them is making them glow like glitter is on them. In Dracula the vampires are very weak when they get into the sun. Next big difference that you usually do not see in vampires is in Twilight they show up in pictures and mirrors. In Dracula it is shown when Jonathan was shaving that Dracula could not be seen in the mirror (29-30). The final difference between Dracula and Twilight is Holy items do not harm the vampires in Twilight. In Dracula however the items either burn the vampires, they just do not go near them. They usually just try to find an alternate solution around the object. This is shown when Draula used the wolf from the zoo to break the window open to get inside to suck on Lucy’s blood
Simply searching through articles, databases, and other resources, vampires are depicted as malicious and monstrous creatures. First off, the vampire is famous for its dark and mysterious image affiliated with fear and death. In many ways, “the vampire can be seen through its most basic characterization as the bringer of death”(Stevens par. 3) and evokes a “marginal world of darkness, secrecy, vulnerability, excess, and horror” (Stevens par. 6). Obviously, the vampire has adopted a dark, fearful, and mysterious image. Next, vampires are famous for their unique characteristics. Dictionary.com defines the vampire as “a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night”(dictionary.com). Vampires are also known for their distinct weakness suck as “various tailsmans and herbs”(Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia) but the only way to kill a vampire is “only by cremation or if a stake is driven through their hearts”(Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia). Another distinct and commonly known characteristic of the vampire is their fear of the light as it could potentially kill them. Emotionally, the vampires are almost viewed as sex symbols as they “indulge in their desires ...
He is an undead centuries-old vampire who sleeps in a coffin in the basement, can assume the form of animals, control the weather and is stronger than twenty men, he cannot come into a house unless invited, he cannot walk in water and his favorite meal is human blood, which these traits are consistent with his portrayal in both the novel and the movie (Stoker). Although the novel and movie share many likenesses with Count Dracula’s character there are some unique qualities that are slightly different the book describes a shadow coordinated with Count Dracula’s body while in the movie his shadow works separately from his body movements (“Dracula (Universal Classics)”). Another feature of Count Dracula’s character in the novel is that he cannot be in or near the sunlight or it will kill him, but in the movie, he meets Mina in the daytime and it does not harm him (Bram Stoker’s). Nevertheless, in the book Dracula is a pure evil, terrifying blood hungry monster that wreaks havoc on anyone he meets and feels the need to take life or end life with his arch nemesis being with anyone who wants to preserve life (Stoker). But in the movie when he meets Mina on the streets of London, he pursues her, starts a courtship with Mina and he falls in love with her so when he
The vampire genre is one that is so widely exploited, that anything can be done with it. It can be made into a horror story made to induce nightmares, into a story that displays humans can be just as monstrous as the monster, or into a romance that proves that love conquers all. The mystery and sensuality that shrouds vampires allows for a vampire story to be anything and everything the writer or reader desires.
But Wolfshiem fits the bill for many other traits of vampires: because of his criminal nature, he's cunning and dangerous; he's mysterious; he's likely unmarried. Even his first name, Meyer, which means “major” or “superior,” can represent vampirism, because of vampires sense of superiority. Also, although he claims it’s because he's too old to socialize with Gatsby and Nick, when Wolfsheim leaves the restaurant, he comes across as selfish, which is another trait of vampires; Wolfsheim also demonstrated exploitation when he rigged the 1919 World Series. Wolfsheim more literally demonstrates vampirism when he explains that his cufflinks are made of human molars, because in having these cufflinks, he physically benefits from other humans, as literal vampires do.” (The Great Gatsby and How to read literature like a Professor; Grant Royster.