2007-03-21 16:09:07 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ya gotta be kidding... *No*! They are, like us, mammals. And didn't this get taught at your school? (Try using Google or similar for this OT stuff.)
2007-03-21 16:13:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bat is a bird, just like a whale is a fish.
Before modern classification methods, no one in their right minds would have referred to them as "mammals". When scientists came up with their classification schemes, the extremely bird-like bat, which everyone on earth would have called a bird at the time, was suddenly called a mammal.
In the future, science may, and probably will, classify all animals in a completely different manner. At that time, a bat will no longer be a mammal, but as "whatever they come up with". Who knows, maybe they will classify it as a type of "bird" again because there is no reason to assume that certain physical attributes are greater than another.
2007-03-21 16:45:32 · answer #2 · answered by Shawn D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As much as dolphins are fish.
Bats are mammals. While they do fly like birds, they also give birth to live young and have fur. Birds, on the other hand, have feathers (no fur) and lay eggs. Connecting the two species by saying they fly can be crossed to saying that butterflies are birds just because they fly, too. (And it would also be saying that bats are butterflies and vice-versa.) Of course, this is not true at all, as butterflies are insects (COMPLETELY different kind of animal) and birds are, obviously, birds. Butterflies don't even have the same kind of skeleton as a bird or a bat.
Just because two species share one characteristic does not mean under any circumstances that the two are related. They simply might've evolved down the same general path.
2007-03-21 16:16:37 · answer #3 · answered by Nanashi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bats are mammals flat out. Birds are not. Are insects birds because they fly?
2007-03-21 16:12:13 · answer #4 · answered by MayerDave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No bats are not really birds, bats are mammals.
2007-03-21 16:12:11 · answer #5 · answered by Karoshima 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Mammals.
2007-03-21 16:11:19 · answer #6 · answered by Alex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bats are mammals, they are like flying foxes.
2007-03-21 16:12:01 · answer #7 · answered by Momofthreeboys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bats are mammals you dim wit,where did you go to school?a child in kindergarden can tell you that bats are mammals.
2007-03-21 16:16:55 · answer #8 · answered by bolongwahoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. bats are actually the only flying mammals on earth
2007-03-21 16:11:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bats are mammals. Are you batty or something?
2007-03-21 16:13:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋