Our bodies, including those of other mammals like bats, rodents and apes, naturally incur the tendency to give off more body heat during periods of colder climates than in warmer ones. When ambient temperatures of the arctic and temperate regions plunge down dramatically to near freezing or even below freezing conditions during midwinter, it surfaces with two main problems for all animals inhabiting these zones.įirst is the problem of increased energy requirements critically needed to maintain a normal body temperatures. Northern Bats usually migrate towards the southern hemisphere, near sub-tropical or tropical climates.īats hibernate in order to avoid the savage energy constraints presented by the winter season. They adopt their characteristic lifestyle of being effectively dormant in the daytime and revert into stealthy hunters at dawn. Then, they return back to their normal habitat in spring. Migrating bats remain active in the warmer areas they migrate to for the entire period of winter. They can easily avoid landscape barriers such as mountains, rivers and lakes and consequently cover equal distances relatively quickly that most terrestrial migrators such as deers or caucus would.įlight migrators in addition to the landscape advantage, are also more naturally adapted to cover farther distances than terrestrial migrators. Migrating bats alongside other flight-bound travelers like birds and insects have a more pronounced advantage over their terrestrial counterparts. They can spend upto several thousand kilometers traveling on flight but their morphology and physiology appear to be more than capable of ‘manning up’ to the arduous task. They retire mostly into optimally chilled but humid atmospheres and remain periodically dormant until the productive climate of spring approaches.įor the remaining species of bats that avoid hibernating amid the intensely frosty and barren climate of the winter season, they adopt the second option of migrating alongside other courageous pals to warmer and more productive areas. Yes, a colossal species of bats inhabiting the arctic and temperate regions of the world hibernate during the winter season. Come early December, the snow will rain, the insects will vanish, the blood will crisp, the fruits will shrink and the blood-sucking, insect-eating and fruit-gorbing bats will? Do something thoroughly and completely relaxing of course, keep reading to discover what exactly that is!
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