Bats by Phil Richardson, The Natural History Museum/Smithsonian (Plymbridge Distributors, tel: 01752 202301), £9.95, ISBN 0565091670
PHIL RICHARDSON has created the perfect antidote to the bad PR that horror films have lavished on bats. And boy do we need that antidote: there are millions of bats flying around. Not many people realise that a fifth of all mammal species are bats.
Bats range from sparrow to eagle-like in size. And they eat just about anything: our most familiar bats are insectivores, but there are carnivorous bats that feed on frogs, birds and fish, and the vegetarian bats feast on fruit…
