Amazing BatsFull-color photos &; full-color illustrations. Explains how bats "see" in the dark, which bats eat fruit or insects and which suck blood, and why some bats have "nose leaves, " ear spikes, and other unusual facial features. "The author manages to correct just about every erroneous notion many persons still hold about these mammals. A wide distribution of this volume is to be encouraged."--(starred) "Science Books and Films." |
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