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Bats: Boo! or True?

The following bat facts are unbelievable but true - all except for one! Can you uncover the Boo Bat?

Read the statements. Click on the ? to reveal Boo or True. Only one statement is false, but you'll get the full story when you click on the Boo Bat. Truth really is stranger than fiction...

 

There are nearly a thousand different kinds, or species, of bats in the world.
Bats are found on every continent of the world except Antartica.
Many bats eat insects - if it weren't for bats, there would be too many insects in the world.
Bats can't see - they are "blind as a bat!"
More than 20 million bats live in one cave near San Antonio, Texas.

Go to Boo! or True? Part Two!

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