Understanding and Learning to Live in Harmony with Them
by Merlin D. Tuttle
Our backyard seems to be a mosquito breeding ground. One night I saw a bat flitting about. Haven\’t since, but I want to know more about them. So when I saw this book offered as a two-for-one on Paperback Swap, I grabbed it. A quick read, short but very informative, with gorgeous photographs. America\’s Neighborhood Bats taught me that there are nearly a thousand species of bats, that flying foxes are more closely related to primates than rodents, that bat are natural pollinators of some plants like bananas, avocados, mangoes, and agave, from which tequila is made. And that one mouse-eared bat can eat six hundred mosquitoes in an hour! That\’s what I wanted to hear! Plus, bats do not attack people, rarely transmit rabies, and only bite if you pick them up. If you leave them alone, they leave you alone (and eat all your nasty bugs). Bats are cool. I want to install a bat house in my yard now, and I\’m going to look for more to read about them. This book has sparked my interest.
Rating: 3/5 96 pages, 1988