sylvia spencer - A Bats Tale

Dark shapes flitter in the dusk sky
but they are mammals, so why do they fly
The little furry flitter mouse that makes you jump
that clings on to a branch in one solid lump
they hang upside down in attics, trees and caves
then at sundown they take to the sky, so take a look
at the way it behaves. Eating up to three thousand
insects in a single night, but how can this be because
they have such poor eye sight.They find their prey by
echolocation, finding unseen objects by means of reflected
sound waves through the whole of the bat nation.
They are your garden friend, so don't think of the vampire
when the bat gives you a fright; he is just feeding his face with
the aphids that come out at night

sylvia spencer

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