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Islands
Topic Started: Sep 7 2008, 04:53 AM (484 Views)
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Hive Tyrant of the Essee Swarm

I know how birds and bats get to islands, but it seems that on many islands, there are often only birds and reptiles, and no bats, even though the reptiles cannot fly. I just wondered how they got there. Is it purely through drifting across on logs.
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Reptiles can survive at sea longer than mammals, they will not need food or water. Still mammals must be capable of some impressive crossings. Even when the Atlantic was young it was vast, and somehow monkeys crossed it.
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Yes, and as far as I'm aware only the Galapagos are bat free (and even so I'm not very sure).
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There are Red Bats on the galapagos, but that's about it as far as mammals go.
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