| Bats groom themselves, are the cleanest of animals and are exceptionally resistant to disease. |
| Vampire bats live only in Latin America and represent less than one third of one percent of bat species. |
| More than two thirds of bats eat insects, about one third eat fruit or nectar, and roughly one percent eat fish, mice, frogs, or other small vertebrates. |
| In the deserts, bats pollinate nearly 100 species of agave palnts and cacti, including organ pipe and saguaro |
| In the rain forests, where approximately half of all mammal species are bats, they pollinate flowers and disperse seeds. They are responsible in some tropical forest areas for up to 98 percent of early reforestation on cleared land |
| In many places, bats help keep vast numbers of night flying insects in balance. |
