Do you know #1/5- Fact about animals: Bat is the only mammalian animal that can fly.

Firstly, let's take a look at what mammal is-

• A mammal is a warm-blooded vertebrate that nourishes their young ones with milk secreted by mammary gland, have the skin usually covered with hair (or fur).
• A type of animal that feeds milk to its young ones and that usually has hair or fur covering most of its skin.

• It is derived from the latin word "MAMMAL" which means "BREAST".

The characteristics of a mammal includes

• Mammary gland (the female)

• Hair (or fur)

• Middle ear bones

• Sweat glands

• Temperature regulation (warm-blooded)
  NOTE: Some of these characteristics are found in some other classes but we have two unique characteristics of mammals which are

• Mammary gland

• Hair ( or fur)

People once thought Bats were birds without feather. Isn't that funny, birds without feather. But to be plane, bats are mammals because they have the following characteristics of a mammal

• They are nurse their babies with milk
• They have hair (or fur)
• *** They are warm-blooded.***

Bats spreads their wings and fly like a bird but are mammals

Watch out for the next facts about animals #2/5.

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