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Our Bat Inquiry Continues

Vampire Bats


What we know on Nov 25

Emma: They don’t drink blood at people. They drink blood at cows.
Addie: They drink blood from sheep.
Joban: They drink blood from horses.
Matias: Vampire bats drink blood from owls.
Miele: They come from South America.
Addie: They live in caves.
Makena: They have arms inside their wings (fingers) and they can hear far away.
Miele and Addie: They are as big as our thumbs.
Addie: They comb each other.
Makena:They use echolocation. It means they can see in the dark.
Addie: Their echo bounces back off the wall.

What do we want to learn

Jack: Do they have blood in their bodies?
Kensie: What happens if a bat flies into a volcano and it gets hot?
Rhys: About their blood.
Emma: How big are their eyes?
Makena: How big are their tongues?
Grace: How big are the bat’s wings?
Jordyn: I don’t know what I want to learn.
Matias: How big is their nose?
Addies: How big are their teeth?
Miele: What about their lips?
Koltyn: I actually don’t know.
Joban: I don’t know.

When looking closely at a picture of a vampire bat feeding, there was debate over something red. Was it blood or the bat’s tongue?

Kensie: It’s blood..
Addie: No, it’s the tongue.
Makena: No, it’s blood. Kensie’s right. She’s not telling a story or a fib!



* Please note: These are direct quotes so odd grammar is true to the speaker.

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