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Article: Bat news: a bat hangs upside down while it sleeps. Read about someone who hangs with bats.
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- Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin)
- Article date:
- October 27, 2006
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To the Bat Cave!
This man is not a superhero, but he knows a lot about bats.
Meet Joseph D'Angeli, New Jersey's very own bat man. D'Angeli is a chiroptologist (kigh-rop-TAH-luh-jist), or a person who studies bats. He keeps about 19 bats as pets in his home. He learns about the bats by watching them.
D'Angeli wanted to be a bat scientist when he was young. "When I was a teen, I loved watching bats everywhere--at zoos, out in the wild, on TV, everywhere," says D'Angeli.
Bats are nocturnal animals. They are active at night. Many people are afraid of these night creatures. D'Angeli teaches people that some bats are shy, loving, and even ...