Do Bats Drink Blood?

Price: $21.95  

Subtitle: Fascinating Answers to Questions about Bats
Author: Schmidt-French, Barbara A., and Carol A. Butler
Subject: Natural History, Science
Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-4588-2
Pages: 176 pages
Publication Date: October 2009
Series: Rutgers Animal Q & A series

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Praise for Do Bats Drink Blood?

"Do Bats Drink Blood? is an excellent resource for the many questions people of all ages have about bats. It introduces a group of animals that includes almost a quarter of the world’s mammal species. Too often feared, bats are essential to healthy ecosystems and human economies. Discussions cover a wide range of topics, including those about which people are most curious."—Merlin D. Tuttle, president and founder of Bat
Conservation International

"Rooted in the scientific literature with colorful examples from their own work, the authors take us on a trip through the fascinating world of bats. From how bats find and eat their food to where they live and how they get there, the book is a quick reference and an entertaining read for naturalists, educators and the public alike"—Nickolay Hristov, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University

"This is a very different approach than other books on bats and it will be a valuable contribution on bats to individuals whether professional or not."—John O. Whitaker, Jr., Professor of Biology, Indiana State University

"This book emphasizes the wondrous diversity of bats that live in varied habitats on every continent but Antarctica. Their ecological and economic benefits are well documented. And in addition to lots of accessible science, there are also answered questions about threats to bats, evicting bats from buildings, erecting a bat house, photographic bats and 'how can I help?' Knowledge really is power in bat conservation, and Do Bats Drink Blood is a very powerful book."—BATS, Fall 2009

Bat biologist Barbara A. Schmidt-French and writer Carol A. Butler offer a compendium of insightful facts about bats in this accessible and expertly written question-and-answer volume. Numbering more than one thousand species in our world today, bats in the wild are generally unthreatening. Like most other mammals, bats are curious, affectionate, and even playful with one another.

Highly beneficial animals, bats are critical to global ecological, economic, and public
health. Do Bats Drink Blood? illuminates the role bats play in the ecosystem, their complex social behavior, and how they glide through the night sky using their acute hearing—echolocation skills that have helped in the development of navigational aids for the blind. Personal in voice with the perspective of a skilled bat researcher, this book explores wideranging topics as well as common questions people have about bats, providing a trove of fascinating facts.

Featuring rare color and black-and-white photographs, including some by renowned
biologist, photographer, and author Merlin Tuttle, Do Bats Drink Blood? provides a comprehensive resource for general readers, students, teachers, zoo and museum enthusiasts, farmers and orchardists, or anyone who may encounter or be fascinated by these extraordinary animals.

BARBARA A. SCHMIDT-FRENCH, is a biologist, bat rehabilitator, and the science officer at Bat Conservation International. She is the coauthor of Medical Reference for the Rehabilitation and Captive Care of Insectivorous Bats.

CAROL A. BUTLER, is the coauthor of Salt Marshes: A Natural and Unnatural History (Rutgers University Press) and the coauthor/photographer of Do Butterflies Bite? Fascinating Answers to Questions about Butterflies and Moths and future Rutgers Animal Q&A books, including Do Hummingbirds Hum? and Why Do Bees Buzz?