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With Halloween right around the corner, I figured this image would be appropriate. I got a picture of a few of them at the Baltimore Zoo. I was trying to get a good shot of them flying around but they were just too quick. Maybe another time.

My Britannica states: A member of any of the 900 species of flying mammals. Bats are the only mammals to have evolved true flight, and most species also possess an acute system of acoustic orientation, or echolocation.
Most bats are insectivores. As they consume immense quantities of insects, bats are important in the balance of insect populations and may even be instrumental in controlling some insect pests. Certain bats also feed on fruit, pollen, and nectar, and vampire bats in tropical America feed on the blood of mammals and large birds. These bats sometimes serve as carriers of rabies.