- More species of bats live in Texas than in any other part of the United States
- Tens of thousands of bats live in the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico
- The largest known colony of bats lives in Bracken Cave in Texas. Biologists estimate more than 20 million Mexican Free-Tail bats call this cave home
- In China, bats are considered good fortune
- Bats make up almost a fourth of all mammal species. Only the order of rodents has more
- Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly. Other mammals may glide and give the appearance of flight, such as squirrels and lemurs, but only bats possess powered flight and can hover, flap and soar
- The term "blind as a bat," is incorrect. Bats have perfectly acceptable eyesight, but the majority use echolocation while in flight, and hunting
- Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal
- Vampire bats use rivers to navigate
- Bat wings are made of two thin layers of skin stretched over the bat's arm and fingers. Bats have a thumb and four fingers, just like people
