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Karajou: Reverted edits by Feotu (talk) to last revision by DavidE

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Reverted edits by Feotu (talk) to last revision by DavidE

Feotu: /* Bats in the Bible */

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Bats in the Bible

DavidE: added section on bats in the Bible

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 ==Diet==
-[[File:Myotis-blythii-cropped.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|The Lesser mouse-eared bat can be found in China. In China, some people eat bat soup. See also: [[Dietary practices of atheists]] ]]
+[[File:Myotis-blythii-cropped.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|The Lesser mouse-eared bat can be found in [[China]]. In China, some people eat bat soup (See: [[Dietary practices of atheists]]). ]]
 The majority of bat species feed on insects; many of these can consume their entire weight in insects in a single night of feeding.  Several hunt small reptiles and mammals [http://www.batcon.org/batsmag/v15n2-5.html][http://www.iwokrama.org/forest/animals/falsevampirebat.htm]; one species (''Nyctalus lasiopterus'') hunts and kills birds on the wing [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1119-bats-revealed-as-bird-killers.html], another (''Noctilio leporinus'') bears long claws on its feet and specializes in catching fish [http://www.photovault.com/Link/Animals/Mammals/Bats/Species/FishingBat.html].  The legendary vampire bat (''Desmodus rotundus'') of South America is the only species of mammal that subsists exclusively on a diet of blood, and is considered a serious pest to the livestock industry there.

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 ==Diet==
-[[File:Myotis-blythii-cropped.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|The Lesser mouse-eared bat can be found in China. In China, some people eat bat soup. ]]
+[[File:Myotis-blythii-cropped.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|The Lesser mouse-eared bat can be found in China. In China, some people eat bat soup. See also: [[Dietary practices of atheists]] ]]
 The majority of bat species feed on insects; many of these can consume their entire weight in insects in a single night of feeding.  Several hunt small reptiles and mammals [http://www.batcon.org/batsmag/v15n2-5.html][http://www.iwokrama.org/forest/animals/falsevampirebat.htm]; one species (''Nyctalus lasiopterus'') hunts and kills birds on the wing [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1119-bats-revealed-as-bird-killers.html], another (''Noctilio leporinus'') bears long claws on its feet and specializes in catching fish [http://www.photovault.com/Link/Animals/Mammals/Bats/Species/FishingBat.html].  The legendary vampire bat (''Desmodus rotundus'') of South America is the only species of mammal that subsists exclusively on a diet of blood, and is considered a serious pest to the livestock industry there.

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 ==Diet==
-[[File:Myotis-blythii-cropped.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|The Lesser mouse-eared bat can be found in China.]]
+[[File:Myotis-blythii-cropped.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|The Lesser mouse-eared bat can be found in China. In China, some people eat bat soup. ]]
 The majority of bat species feed on insects; many of these can consume their entire weight in insects in a single night of feeding.  Several hunt small reptiles and mammals [http://www.batcon.org/batsmag/v15n2-5.html][http://www.iwokrama.org/forest/animals/falsevampirebat.htm]; one species (''Nyctalus lasiopterus'') hunts and kills birds on the wing [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1119-bats-revealed-as-bird-killers.html], another (''Noctilio leporinus'') bears long claws on its feet and specializes in catching fish [http://www.photovault.com/Link/Animals/Mammals/Bats/Species/FishingBat.html].  The legendary vampire bat (''Desmodus rotundus'') of South America is the only species of mammal that subsists exclusively on a diet of blood, and is considered a serious pest to the livestock industry there.

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	==Diet==		==Diet==
		+	[[File:Myotis-blythii-cropped.jpg\|200px\|right\|thumbnail\|The Lesser mouse-eared bat can be found in China.]]
	The majority of bat species feed on insects; many of these can consume their entire weight in insects in a single night of feeding. Several hunt small reptiles and mammals [http://www.batcon.org/batsmag/v15n2-5.html][http://www.iwokrama.org/forest/animals/falsevampirebat.htm]; one species (''Nyctalus lasiopterus'') hunts and kills birds on the wing [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1119-bats-revealed-as-bird-killers.html], another (''Noctilio leporinus'') bears long claws on its feet and specializes in catching fish [http://www.photovault.com/Link/Animals/Mammals/Bats/Species/FishingBat.html]. The legendary vampire bat (''Desmodus rotundus'') of South America is the only species of mammal that subsists exclusively on a diet of blood, and is considered a serious pest to the livestock industry there.		The majority of bat species feed on insects; many of these can consume their entire weight in insects in a single night of feeding. Several hunt small reptiles and mammals [http://www.batcon.org/batsmag/v15n2-5.html][http://www.iwokrama.org/forest/animals/falsevampirebat.htm]; one species (''Nyctalus lasiopterus'') hunts and kills birds on the wing [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1119-bats-revealed-as-bird-killers.html], another (''Noctilio leporinus'') bears long claws on its feet and specializes in catching fish [http://www.photovault.com/Link/Animals/Mammals/Bats/Species/FishingBat.html]. The legendary vampire bat (''Desmodus rotundus'') of South America is the only species of mammal that subsists exclusively on a diet of blood, and is considered a serious pest to the livestock industry there.

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 ==Bats in the Bible==
-Under the [[Mosaic law]], bats were not [[kosher]].  The Bible doesn't explain why bats are classed as birds in the Bible when they are mammals:
+Under the [[Mosaic law]], bats were not [[kosher]]:
 {{Bible quote|And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; Every raven after his kind; And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.|book=Leviticus|chap=11|verses=13-19|version=KJV}}

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	Several species of Microchiroptera feed on and pollenate flowers [http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/bats.shtml][http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/comments/floral_long_necks_and/][http://www.whozoo.org/students/dansch/fruitbat.htm], as well as feed on fruit; the majority of Megachiroptera feed on fruit exclusively [http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/fruitBat.html][http://wonderclub.com/Wildlife/mammals/indianflyingfox.html].		Several species of Microchiroptera feed on and pollenate flowers [http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/bats.shtml][http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/comments/floral_long_necks_and/][http://www.whozoo.org/students/dansch/fruitbat.htm], as well as feed on fruit; the majority of Megachiroptera feed on fruit exclusively [http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/fruitBat.html][http://wonderclub.com/Wildlife/mammals/indianflyingfox.html].
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		+	==Bats in the Bible==
		+	Under the [[Mosaic law]], bats were not [[kosher]]:
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		+	{{Bible quote\|And these [are they which] ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they [are] an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; Every raven after his kind; And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.\|book=Leviticus\|chap=11\|verses=13-19\|version=KJV}}
		+
		+	{{Bible quote\|[Of] all clean birds ye shall eat. But these [are they] of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, And every raven after his kind, And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.\|book=Deuteronomy\|chap=14\|verses=11-18\|version=KJV}}
	[[Category:Mammals]]		[[Category:Mammals]]

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-'''Bats''' are the only mammals capable of sustained flight.  Comprising nearly 1000 species, bats are found on every continent except [[Antarctica]]; with the possible exception of the [[rodent]]s they are the most successful mammals on earth.
+'''Bats''' are the only [[mammal]]s capable of sustained flight.  Comprising nearly 1000 species, bats are found on every continent except [[Antarctica]]; with the possible exception of the [[rodent]]s they are the most successful mammals on earth.
 In recent years, knowledge of bats has replaced much of the superstition and fear that has been associated with them; they are now recognized as beneficial to man by pollenating crops and consuming insect pests.
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 Several species of Microchiroptera feed on and pollenate flowers [http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/bats.shtml][http://www.humanflowerproject.com/index.php/weblog/comments/floral_long_necks_and/][http://www.whozoo.org/students/dansch/fruitbat.htm], as well as feed on fruit; the majority of Megachiroptera feed on fruit exclusively [http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/fruitBat.html][http://wonderclub.com/Wildlife/mammals/indianflyingfox.html].

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-A '''bat''' is a winged [[mammal]] that senses it surroundings via echolocation. Bats are the only mammals capable of achieving true flight without the aid of machinery. Vampire bats are often associated with the [[occult]].{{fact}}
+'''Bats''' are the only mammals capable of sustained flight.  Comprising nearly 1000 species, bats are found on every continent except [[Antarctica]]; with the possible exception of the [[rodent]]s they are the most successful mammals on earth.
-Bats are, for the purposes of [[Jews]] observing [[Kosher|Kosher practices]], considered [[unclean]] [[birds]] ([[Deuteronomy]] 14:18) and cannot be eaten.
+In recent years, knowledge of bats has replaced much of the superstition and fear that has been associated with them; they are now recognized as beneficial to man by pollenating crops and consuming insect pests.
-[[Category:Mammals]]
+==Description==

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