Copyright & Disclaimer

Copyright

The works of authorship contained in this website, including but not limited to all design, text and images, are owned or licensed by Adelaide Bat Care, and may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, performed, distributed, rented, sub-licensed, altered, stored by subsequent use or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner without Adelaide Bat Care prior written consent, except by educational institutions for educational purposes.

Disclaimer

Use of the information and data contained on this world wide web site on these pages is at your sole risk.

If you rely on the information on this site you are responsible for ensuring by independent verification its accuracy or completeness. If you use automatic language translation services in connection with this site you do so at your own risk.

The information and data on this site is subject to change without notice. Adelaide Bat Care may revise this Disclaimer at any time by updating this posting.

Adelaide Bat Care, its agents, instrumentalities, officers and employees:

1. make no representations, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information and data contained on this site;

2. make no representations, express or implied, as to the accuracy or usefulness of any translation of the information on this site or any linked site into another language

3. accept no liability for any use of the said information and data or reliance placed on it (including translated information and data);

4. make no representations, either expressed or implied, as to the suitability of the said information and data for any particular purpose;

5. make no warranties that the said information and data is free of infection by computer viruses or other contamination;

6. do not sponsor, endorse or necessarily approve of any material on sites linked from or to this site;

7. do not make any warranties or representations regarding the quality, accuracy, merchantability or fitness for purpose of any material on sites linked from or to this site;

8. do not make any warranties or representations that material on other web sites to which this site is linked does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person anywhere in the world; and

9. do not authorise the infringement of any intellectual property rights contained in material in other sites by linking this site to those other sites.

Acknowledgement: the text in this disclaimer is an adaptation of a statement provided and authorised by the South Australian Government at http://www.sacentral.sa.gov.au


Did you know...

Bats can hang upside down by their feet, with little effort. It takes more effort for a bat to release the tendons in its feet to fly away.

prev next view all
Bats have incredible membranes in between their elongated fingers. They do have a thumb and four fingers.

prev next view all
Bats have existed for at least 55 million years.

prev next view all
Bats can consume half their body weight in insects per night during the warmer/summer months. Pregnant bats can consume up to their entire body weight in insects per night in the warmer/summer months.

prev next view all
The word ‘Chiroptera’ – the Order of Bats – means ‘hand-wing’. Microchiroptera (sub-order) relates to our microbats. Megachiroptera (sub-order) relates to our megabats, for example, the Flying Foxes/Fruit/Blossom Bats.

prev next view all
Bats are our most environmentally-friendly pest exterminators feeding on many mosquitoes, beetles, flies, moths, and many, many more insects.

prev next view all
Bats generally live to between 5-10 years but can live up to 20 - 30 years.

prev next view all
Bats must not be disturbed when in ‘torpor’/hibernation as they can lose their energy/fat supply which has been stored/built-up ready for the winter, resulting in the eventual death of the bats.

prev next view all
There are presently 13 species within the Adelaide Region - 8 common species, 4 rare species and 1 endangered species. Information source by Terry Reardon. A Listing is available upon request.

prev next view all
The most commonly ‘heard’ bats around Adelaide are the White-Striped Freetail Bat and the Yellow-Bellied Sheathtail Bat (due to humans only being able to hear at approximately 20khz and below).

prev next view all
The rare Ghost Bat can be viewed at the Adelaide Zoo. These Ghost Bats are part of the Australasian Regional Zoos Program. The Adelaide Zoo has had reasonable success with breeding Ghost Bats, and have bred 17 individuals in the past 10 years.

prev next view all
Bats go into ‘torpor’ during the cooler/colder months from approximately May to August.

prev next view all
Bats have varying tails, for example, a tail which is enclosed fully within the membrane like the Gould’s Wattled Bat. The Yellow-Bellied Sheathtail Bat has half its tail enclosed in the tail membrane. The White-Striped Freetail Bat and the Southern Freetail Bat have a ‘free-tail’ with minimal tail membrane. The Flying Foxes have no tail.

prev next view all
Bats are placental mammals giving birth to live pups/young just like humans do. Twins are common in some species of Bats.

prev next view all
The most commonly ‘rescued’ bats are the Gould’s Wattled Bat, the Lesser Long-eared Bat, the Southern Freetail Bat, the Chocolate Wattled Bat.

prev next view all


Site by killian - web design & development
© Adelaide Bat Care 2008 Acknowledgements | Copyright | Disclaimer