Unlike other mammals, the hind limbs are positioned so that the knees, when bent, point backward while the bottom of the feet face forward. The toes have claws which help in gripping and in hanging ...

When knocked to the ground, little brown bats crawl clumsily, and if they land in water, flap across the water for several hundred feet before tiring. Bats hang by their hind feet, head down, while ...