32 - North Shore News — Wednesday, November 1, 2000 as \ NEWS photo Mike Wakefield - Seasonal sale : VERNA Wlison and Joyce Ellis are ready to welcome the crowds to Mt. Seymour United's Christmas Country Fair and Turkey Lunch, te be hetd this Saturday, Nov. “4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the backyard | ly as Robert Boeiens Contributing Writer LONG before and quite irrelevant to Halloween, our neigh- borhood parks are often home to small and active summer bat colonies. The nine species which live in the Lower Mainland feast upon our healthy insect popu- lation in’ the warm) months, mate in the darkening days of early autumn, migrate to their winter roosts and enter a state of prolonged torpor. All, for the mest part, prior to All Hallows Eve. Bats have the benefit of sleeping through the months of tedious rain that form our winter. By reducing their body temperature to below five degrees Celsius and heart rate to as little as six beats per miqute, they pass winter oblivious to the grey sky months. As spring begins so does bat activity, as they emerge from the crevices, buildings, and hollows in which winter passed them by. . They awake with plenty to do and eager to replenish the storage of fat (up to 40% of their body weight) that they’ fed upon during the cold sea- Only until November 30. Don't get left out in the cold. son. It is during their return flight to the summer roosts in which the fertilization and implantation of the egg of the previous years mating occurs. Seven to ten weeks later, usu- ally in June or July, bat pups are born, helpless, with no fur. They develop quickly, and within three to six weeks are full size, flying and no longer dependent on the milk of their mothers. With a thin membrane of skin covering their arms and hands and between their legs and tails bats are the only mammals capable of true flight. Moving at speeds of seven to 35 kilometers per hour they feed in air, often consuming half of their four to 20 gram weight in insects daily. Bats are able to hunt and navigate in total darkness by sonar echo-location, which basically. enables them to “see” by sounds. By emitting a series of high frequency noises they are able to map their From page 27 Friday from 8-10:30 p.m. at the Delbrook recCentre, Tamarack Room. Beginner to advanced dance couples wel- come. Info: Hazel at 987- 2068 or Don at 929-4683. It’s About Time I Learn To’ Dance: Beginners lessons, 7- 8:30 p.m. followed by open practise dance until 10 p.m. at Memorial Gym, 23rd and St. Georges. $18/person. Info: 987-7529 or 926-2785. surroundings —— leep Oct. 31 | whether it be the wall of your home, or the mosquito buzzing around the barbeque — by the sound waves rebounding off the object. Though bats pose little direct risk to humans, they have extremely sharp teeth and should therefore never be handled. A smal! portion of the B.C. bat population car- ries rabies, which can be trans- mitted to humans. Should you encounter a bat (all are protected species) sleeping the winter away, do not disturb it. If you find an injured bat or one in distress | please call the Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. at 526 7275 for advice prior to any handling. Bat enthusiasts can call the same number for bat box blueprints, so next year, you may just have a bat in your backyard on Halloween. — Robert Boelens is the community relations coordina- tor for the Wildlife Rescue ; Association of B.C. Call it at 526-7275 for more informa-:.- tion, or check out the Web site: . 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