TO WHICH CATEGORY ARE "BATS" RELATED? ANIMAL OR BIRD?

Sri Lanka
October 10, 2006 1:06pm CST
Some say its a bird and some say its an animal. what do you say?
25 responses
@LotSelf (1508)
• India
10 Oct 06
Bats is mammal,they give birth by pregnancy...wings r d manifestation of their forearm.
• Canada
15 Oct 06
but a bird is a mammal as well...I agree with the feather thing however bats are rodents are they not?
@malcido (422)
• United States
26 Oct 06
A bird is not a mammal; a bat is.
• United States
11 Oct 06
Bats are related to birds I think. When you find out let me know please. I am very interested.
• Sri Lanka
12 Oct 06
Everyone says that bats are related to mammals as they do not lay eggs..they give birth through pregnancy.
• United States
10 Oct 06
they are a mammal
@tvnaresh (1581)
• India
26 Oct 06
yup...
• United States
26 Oct 06
I would have to say animal
@trishjc (191)
• Canada
26 Oct 06
It is a rodent, Isn't it?
• United States
26 Oct 06
I dont know but they are creepy little buggers.
@rainbow (6761)
12 Oct 06
bats are mammels, they don't lay eggs so they can't be birds. They whizz past my lounge window most evenings, lovely to watch.
@dellion (6698)
• Malaysia
13 Oct 06
Bird.
• India
12 Oct 06
dont know exactly i think it belongs to animals
@ossie16d (11821)
• Australia
15 Oct 06
Bats are mammals and here are some fun facts for you to enjoy. :) Fun facts • Do you know that a bat can be your best friend? Not only do they pollinate the world’s fruit-producing plants, but they also eat thousands of mosquitoes in a night! • Out of nearly 1,000 species of bats, only 3 species in the subfamily Desmodontinae actually feed on blood. Bats are incredibly beneficial to the world’s ecosystems, and thus to people. • Bats are not blind, although some bats do use echolocation to find their insect meals. • A mother bat can locate her pup by its scent and sound out of millions in a roost!
@bhbirdie6 (1765)
• United States
15 Oct 06
All birds are animals. I think you mean MAMMALS. Bats are officially mammals. Not birds.
@the_vicar (1477)
• United States
25 Oct 06
A bat is not a bird.
• India
26 Oct 06
yeh to beech ka hai
@birthlady (5609)
• United States
25 Oct 06
Bats are mammals. Bats give birth to live young (don't hatch eggs), and bats are warm blooded.
@mythmoh (3984)
• United States
10 Oct 06
bats are mamals which feed almost exclusively on insects and are thus extremely beneficial. In fact, bats are the only major predators of night-flying insects. One bat can eat between 600 and 1,000 mosquitoes and other insect pests in just one hour
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
11 Oct 06
I say it is related to the animal because it is a rat sorta
• Hyderabad, India
11 Oct 06
the bats r in b/w animal n bird
• India
11 Oct 06
Bats are categorized as mammals.
@istanto (8548)
• Indonesia
11 Oct 06
i think i will call it animal
@blames70 (68)
• United States
11 Oct 06
bats are mammals...