How Are Humans Like Animals?

25 Reasons Why Bats Are Similar To Human Beings

So I didn’t realise how many species of bat there were, which is why this post has taken a bit longer than usual.

To make it a bit simpler, there are two main species of bat; “Microbats” and “Megabats”. Here are there differences:

Most Microbats use echolocation and Megabats do not.

Microbats have one claw less than Megabats do.

Microbat ears are different to Megabat ears.

Microbats don’t have any underfur.

Conclusively I have found that Megabats show more similarities to humans than Microbats do. Some of these bullet points will touch on different species of bat or bats collectively as a whole.

1. Eating - Fruit bats (which are a type of Megabat) eat fruit, such as mangoes, insects, fish, frogs, small mammals and some small vertebrates, which is the same as humans.

2. Mammalions -  Bats are mammals and so are humans.

3. Hearing - Bats have two ears and so do humans.

4. Seeing - Humans have two eyes and so do bats.

5. Smelling - Bats have noses and can smell. Humans have that and can do that too.

6. Tasting - Humans have teeth and a tongue in their mouths and so do bats.

7. Swinging - Bats have two arms and humans do too.

8. Hanging - Humans have two legs and so do bats.

9. Hairy Honey - Bats have body hair and so do humans.

10. I Think I Need A Lie Down - Humans get tired after long journeys and so do bats.

11. Humble Abode - Much like humans have houses, or their own homes, bats have their own patch of forest that they live in and they sleep in their “roosts”.

12. Echo-echo-echo-echo-echo - Megabats cannot use echolocation and neither can humans.

13. Adam and Eve - Both Microbats and Megabats have been thought to have descended from the same common ancestor, or that they are “monophyletic”, and this is the same for humans.

14. The Flying Primate Theory - There is a theory that Megabats have brains and bodies that show closer relation to primates than microbats, and that the former species of bat formed a sister group of primates, this is called the “flying primate theory”.

Although more recently this theory was rejected as the DNA of bats and primates were compared.

This fact compares bats to humans as we are similar to apes or primates shown in this post:

http://humanimalsblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/how-are-apes-like-humans/

Or "How Are Apes Like Humans?"

15.  World Domination - Bats are found in almost every habitat available on Earth, as are humans.

16. Should’ve Gone to Specsavers - Microbats can’t see very well but they can still see, some humans can also see.

17. Did Go to Specsavers - Megabats can see just as well as humans can, if not better, and they have some colour vision.

18. Senses -  Bats have an acute sense of hearing and an incredible sense of smell, these are senses that humans have.

19.  We Go Together, Or Not - Some humans lead solitary lives and others live together, this can be compared to the way that bats live their lives.

20. Can You Hear Me Now? - Bats use sound to communicate with others and humans do the same.

21. Baby Mine - Female bats generally have one offspring at a time, like humans do.

22. Grow Up Big and Strong - Female bats look after their young until they are nearly adult size, like humans.

23. Baby Food - Newborn bats rely on milk from their mothers like human babies do.

24. Appearance Is Everything - Bats groom themselves and so do some humans.

25. Hydration - Bats drink water and humans do too.