The brown bat is one of the world's longest life-span mammals for its size with a life span of almost 40 years.
Bats are the slowest reproducing mammal on earth for their size. Most give birth to a single pup each year.
When not sleeping or eating, bats groom themselves almost constantly.
A single colony of 150 brown bats can protect the local farmer from up to 33 million or more rootworms each summer.
Contrary to popular misconceptions, most bats have very good eyesight, and seldom transmit disease to other animals or humans.