So this post and the next one should be reversed - sorry. You'll see that last week we went to Cranbrook and while we were there we visited the Bat Zone. One of the first animals we saw when we walked in was this huge sloth. I had never seen one before and was shocked to see it just hanging there. They are truly so ugly that they are cute - if that makes sense.
Sloths spend most of their lives hanging in trees, and only come down every two weeks to go to the bathroom. They are potty trained in the wild and the whole pack goes in the same spot to put off predators. They also are the slowest mammal in the world.
The Bat Zone host a lot of different species of bats. My kids were not overly excited to see them that up close. Normally they will touch anything, but not this time.
The instructor was very thorough in explaining anything and everything about the bats. She taught them the difference between a micro and a mega bat. Mega bats eat mostly fruit and pollen and have huge eyes, while micro bats eat insects and have small eyes. Since Jen can live on fruit alone and has those HUGE eyes, we figured she must be part mega bat. She also taught the kids about their diets and how they communicate with each other. It was fun to see and by the end of the tour, my kids were a little more comfortable checking them out.
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