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Bat TP Roll Craft
There are over 85 species of bats native to Australia.
Bats account for a third of the continent's native mammal species.
Nearly half of these bats are on the endangered or threatened species
list.
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The Greater Wart-nosed Horseshoe-bat and the Greater Large-eared Horseshoe
Bat are endangered species. The Grey Headed Flying Fox is now on the
vulnerable species list -- all flying foxes are fruit eating bats.
Other Australian bats (many of them threatened species) include the Little
Red Flying Fox, the Large Eared Flying Fox, the Spectacled Flying Fox, the
Large-eared Pied Bat, the Eastern Long-eared Bat, the Pilbara Leaf-nosed
Bat and the Southern Bent-wing Bat.
Materials:
- a toilet paper roll,
- a printer,
- glue,
- scissors,
- something to colour with
- a piece of paper.
Instructions:
- Print out the template of choice.
- Colour the pieces as appropriate and cut them out. You can
color them different colors to represent different bats. The Australian
Grey Headed Flying Fox (for example) has a grey head, brown wings and
a reddish brown body while the Little Red and Spectacled Flying Foxes
are a reddish brown color.
- Glue the large rectangular piece around the toilet paper tube.
- Glue the head onto the front of the tp roll.
- Glue the wings onto the back of the tp roll, so it appears to be
flying.
- Glue the five-toed feet to the bottom of the tube.
- Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
- Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template
on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
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