Why do Bats live in haunted houses where even cats fear to tread ?

Question

I have my own views about this. I would like to know what others think.

Answer 1

Bats are the most misunderstood creatures on the planet. However they are also among the most necessary and beneficial creatures on the planet. Superstition and folklore about bats has resulted in destruction of these creatures and their habitats due to fear. Bats are very important to our planet's ecosystem as plant pollinators and insect predators.

Bats are important in nature, and terribly gothic. If you want to increase the bat population around your house, there are two basic things you can do:

1.Grow plants which attract night-flying insects and

2.Provide roosting areas for bats.

Bats can consume up to 500 insects an hour, including mosquitoes (although mosquitoes make up only about 10% of their diet).

The health hazard to humans is small, since very few bats actually carry rabies. Only ten people in thirty years have gotten rabies from a bat bite.

The main hazard comes from bats roosting inside the house, which can be a source of histoplasmosis. However, in the wild, bat populations are declining, and natural roosting areas are being destroyed.

A haunted house kills bats.

Answer 2

Because bats are creepy. And I've had cats in haunted houses before. I've seen for myself that they really are the guardians of the underworld. Even though they were in the house/building, I never had a problem as long as I had my cat. Sometimes, however, a cat knows when to back down. Don't go in houses like that.

Answer 3

They are evil creatures and like the dark damp and musty places where cats are very finicky and wimpy.