Re: How do Bats give birth hanging upside down?

Date: Thu Apr 6 16:07:15 2000
Posted By: Dr. Paramasivam Kumarasamy, Faculty, Zoology, The American College
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 953165428.Zo

Message:


Bats prefer a horizonatal surface in which they stand on their four limbs and
give birth to young ones. All bat species that give birth to altricial 
young ones deliver this way. Some bat species that give birth to precocial
young ones deliver by hanging upside down.

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