do bats fly south for the winter?

Answer 1

No, they stay put, but being warm-blooded they must protect themselves from the cold...They do so by hibernating, lowering their body temp and going into a sort of stupor...Also they usually roost in colonies in a sheltered area (eg a cave or belfry...lol) whereby the massed body heat helps to alleviate the chill and keep them from freezing.

Answer 2

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do bats fly south for the winter?

Answer 3

sorry people....you are all WRONG. Many species of bats(red bats for example) DO migrate to the most southern part of their range, and THEN they hibernate. Not all bats hibernate in caves either, many species hibernate in trees! Caves are not always readily available nowadays so they may settle for someones attic, garage, freeway underpass, and other man made objects.

Answer 4

Bats do leave for the winter but not that far usually they have a cave they will go to occasionally they stay in there summer home depending on location

Answer 5

No. they don't always live in caves, but so find shelter from the cold. And No that old bat down the road doesn't seem to go anywhere!!!

Answer 6

No they hybernate inside of a cave for the winter

Answer 7

no bats hibernate for the winter, usually in caves

Answer 8

Apparently they actually fly north, south, east or west(whatever required direction)in a short distance migration to find the caves they know of with the temperature conditions needed to hibernate, or they fly south to warmer climates and do not hibernate at all...

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I learned that, along with a few other species adapted to mid-latitudes, gray bats migrate seasonally between exceptional caves whose configurations trap either warm or cold air. Those used by hibernating gray bats in northern Alabama and Tennessee, for example, are such efficient cold-air traps that cave temperatures never rise above 49 F at any time of year. These caves have large rooms or passages located below the lowest entrances, with at least one additional entrance above the main area of the cave. This creates a chimney effect, expelling warm air and trapping cold air. Large volumes of trapped air ensure relative temperature stability and protection from freezing. Very few caves have these special configurations that make them ideal hibernation sites.

Hibernation and Migration. Because insects are not available as food during winter, temperate-zone bats survive by either migrating to warmer regions where insects are available, or by hibernating. Hibernation is a state of torpor (inactivity) during which normal metabolic activities are greatly reduced. Body temperature is reduced and heart-rate is slowed. A hibernating bat can thus survive on only a few grams of stored fat during the approximately five-to-six month hibernation period. Bats usually lose from ¼ to ½ their body weight during hibernation.

Several bat species hibernate in dense clusters on cave walls or ceilings. Clusters may consist of hundreds of bats per square foot. Summer "maternity" colonies of pregnant or nursing females of several species also congregate and cluster together.

Most United States cave bats spend winter hibernating in caves (or mines) and move to trees or building during summer. A few species reside in caves year-round, although they usually use different caves in summer than winter. Most cave bats are very loyal to certain caves and return year after year to the same caves, often to the exact location in the cave where they spent the previous winter.

Tree bats seldom enter caves. They roost in trees during summer days and spend winter primarily in hollow trees. Several species make relatively long migration flights between winter and summer habitats. The millions of Brazilian (or Mexican) free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) that spend the summer in southwestern United States caves, such as Carlsbad Cavern in New Mexico, migrate up to 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) to and from their winter roosts in Mexico.

Answer 9

Bats cannot tolerate extreme cold temperature,,,,,,,,,
(u mentioned only south,,,,,,,,, but u havent mentioned whether it is south pole or south of any country )

be more specific when u asked question

Answer 10

they hibernate during the winter.