Of the 16 different species of bats found in British Columbia eight are found nowhere else in Canada The Okanagan Valley is the best place to see the furry nocturnal creatures because 14 types of bats make the warm valley their home The largest British Columbia species the big brown bat lives on Vancouver Island and has been known to sneak inside the legislative buildings and zip above the heads of our provincial politicians Bats are the only mammals that can fly Some bats beat their wings 20 times per second and reach speeds of almost 40 kilometres per hour They can navigate and catch insects in total darkness because of a special sight called echolocation The bat emits a high frequency sound wave that hits an object and then is reflected back like light from a mirror A bat then uses its large ears and nose to catch and process the echo picture and thereby determine the position distance and shape objects of
B is for BC Bats who see through echolocation With 16 species native to BC we’re the Bat Capital of nation the
