Interesting Facts in Easy English: Bats Aren't Blind
Discussion Question: Only a small amount of people are bitten by bats each year, while thousands of people are bitten by dogs. Why are so many people terrified of bats?
I think the responsible for such big fear is undoubtedly the film industry. Even though, most of bittens are caused by dogs, the "bad reputation" of bats is so ingrained among humans due to the strong anti-bat advertisements made by the film world along years.
Most of us, consider bats, awful, bloodthirsty creatures that flies tirelessly around us just to lick our precious blood through and through. But, definitely, this is not an absolute true about them. This is a mistaken view indeed! The species which feed on blood are a minority in the nature, although they really exist.
In films, we always see such creatures like evil creatures, pursuing undenfended preys, unsuspecting victims locked up in a haunted old castle where there are vampires, werewolves, zoombies and alike haunts hunting down them. I notice films don't make an accurate distinction among the several species of bats, leading the audience to believe blindly that all the species are potential killers.
Added to this, I think persons in general don't search for secure informations about bats before being frightened irrationally about anyone of them.
In fact, there are species which feed on insects, fruits, nectar, meat, fishes and other different types of meals. The hematophagous species ( vampire-bat, white wing vampire bat and hairy legs vampire bat) have characteristics which distinguish them from the other ones: lock-shaped muzzle and lack of tail.
To add, as mamals, bats are likely to convey rabies or hydrophobia for any living being that get in touch them, what becomes essential to us know more about bats for avoiding unpleasant happenings.
So, I think it's hight time we start to get informed about the bats, for not to get carried away for any mistaken related to them.
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