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The Chocolate Bat is not often found* 
The ears of these "bats are short and broad 
and they all have the fleshy lobes at the 
corners of the mouth. 
All the bats mentioned are also found 
in certain other parts of Australia, except 
N* Sherrini which is confined to Tasmania. 
It has been proved that during flight a bat 
emits short wave-length sounds, and Dr.Hart- 
ridge suggests that these are reflected from 
objects in the vicinity, the reflections 
being'received by the bat’s■sensitive ears 
and noses giving it information about its 
surroundings that enable it to divert its 
flight from danger. 
Those bats with the largest ears and 
nose-leaves start to fly later in the even¬ 
ing than those having less developed ears 
and noses. The tiny eyes of a bat are as 
well developed as our own and the expression 
’as blind as a bat’ is therefore not an apt 
one. 
When flying bats utter a short sharp 
squeak, and their hearing is said to be 
adapted to sounds of a much higher pitch 
than our own. 
Many insectivorous bats hibernate 
during the winter. The mother bat carries 
her young one on her bosom until it is 
almost full-grown, but this extra weight 
does not seem to interfere with her flight. 
Insect eating bats have been known to eat 
as many as seven dozen beetle larvae in a 
day, and are therefore of great service in 
keeping down all kinds of insect pests* 
WILD FLOWER SHOW . 
This year the Wi l d Fl o wer Sh ow will be 
held in the City Hall on 18th and 19th October . 
Collections of flowers should be left 
at the City Hall, Hobart, on Tuesday 17th Oct. 
