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That hunter is a bat, and it may be the most misunderstood guest at any Halloween party. Every October, paper bats flap across classroom windows and cling to haunted-house doorways, cast as creatures of the night. But the real animal behind the decoration is far stranger and far more useful than the spooky version pinned to the wall.  \nThose paper cutouts get one thing exactly right: bats really do rule the night sky. In fact, they are the only mammals on Earth that truly fly, beating wings made of thin skin stretched between long, fingerlike bones. A flying squirrel can only glide, but a bat flaps, banks, and hovers like a tiny acrobat. With more than 1,400 known species, bats make up about one in five mammal species alive today, which is a huge share for animals most people rarely see.  \nFlying in the dark sounds impossible, yet these acrobats have a trick that turns blackness into a map. It is called echolocation: a bat sends out high-pitched clicks, then listens for the echoes that bounce back off insects, branches, and walls. From those returning sounds, its brain builds a picture detailed enough to catch a moth mid-flip. This is why the old saying \"blind as a bat\" is simply wrong; bats can see, and many species see quite well, but in the dark their ears do the heavy lifting.  \nBecause their ears are so sharp, the idea that a bat would blunder into your hair makes no sense at all. People used to tell a story that bats got tangled in people's hair on purpose, but an animal that can dodge a single mosquito is not going to crash into your head by accident. If a bat swoops near you on an autumn evening, it is almost certainly chasing an insect buzzing close by, not aiming for you. A single little brown bat can eat hundreds of insects in an hour, which is welcome news if you dislike mosquito bites.  \nThat appetite for insects turns out to be worth real money to the people who grow your food. Scientists estimate that bats save American farmers billions of dollars each year by eating pests that would otherwise chew through crops, meaning fewer chemical sprays are needed. Not every bat hunts insects, though; in tropical forests, fruit bats sip nectar and munch fruit, and in doing so they pollinate flowers and scatter seeds as they fly. Plants we enjoy, including bananas, mangoes, and agave, depend on these winged gardeners to keep growing.  \nSo how did such a helpful animal end up starring in scary stories instead of thank-you cards? Part of the answer is simply that bats come out when we head indoors, and anything glimpsed in the dark is easy to imagine as sinister. Their leathery wings and cave homes made them a natural fit for legends about the night, and Halloween happily borrowed the image. The next time a plastic bat dangles from a doorway,  \nremember that the living version is a mosquito-eating, banana-pollinating pilot flying by echoes, which is afar better trick than any costume.  \nBats: Halloween's Misunderstood Mammals Name:  \n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) According to the passage, what makes bats unique among mammals?\u003Cbr>A. They are the only mammals that hunt in daylight.\u003Cbr>B. They are the only mammals that truly fly.\u003Cbr>C. They are the only mammals that live inside caves.\u003Cbr>D. They are the only mammals that glide between trees. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) How does the opening paragraph help set up the rest of the passage?\u003Cbr>A. It contrasts the spooky decoration with the stranger, more useful real animal.\u003Cbr>B. It warns readers to stay away from bats seen at night.\u003Cbr>C. It lists the many countries where bats can be found today.\u003Cbr>D. It explains step by step how echolocation works in the dark. |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6. 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