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In class on January 29, 2004, we listened to a presentation by Dr. Phil Clem. Dr. Clem is a bat biologist in West Virginia who uses mist nets to capture bats and record different data about each bat. This process doesn’t harm the bats in any way. The bats just become entangled in the net when they fly into it at night. One bat that was discussed in Dr. Clem’s presentation was the Big Brown Bat. He captured this particular species numerous times in his netting data from 1999. The Big Brown Bat is relatively large in size, from about 4 to 5 inches in length and weighing 1/2 to 5/8 ounce. The fur is moderately long, and shiny brown. The wing membranes, ears, feet, and face are dark brown to blackish in color. Several other species closely resemble the big brown bat in appearance, but most are much smaller in size (Nature Center, 2002). This bat, like most other bats, eats insects. Big brown bats spend the daylight hours sleeping in dark secluded areas such as hollow trees, beneath loose tree bark, or in the crevices of rocks.
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