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Both sexes:
Hibernation Hibernation
Female: Emerge Pregnant swarming
Young: Born Flying
Males: Emerge swarming
CAUSE 2#
Another reason these bats are endangered is because cave flooding, however, like I mention before we are the major cause of declining bat populations. When and if people tour caves, they often cause disturbance to huge clusters of bats. Think about this as a example: When a real fire happens at a school and the alarm goes off, students know what to know and where to go. Bats do not. They aren't "trained" like us. If awaken, they don't stop and ask questions. They fly and try to escape. And yet, since there are so much, how would that do any good for them if they bump into each other and fall. Gravity isn't always on their side as much as it is on ours.
Vandals have knocked down and killed large amounts of bats and although illegal, some people like to shoot bats for their own fun.
Fact 2#
They are also known as a social bat.
Cause 3#
Not only that, we poison them too. Because bats feed on insects, the increase use of pesticides has no doubt, clearly and certainly, resulted in the poisoning of these creatures. Many scientists believe that population declines occurring today might be due, in part, to pesticides and environmental contaminants. Bats may be affected by eating contaminated insects, drinking contaminated water, or absorbing the chemicals while feeding in areas that have been recently treated.