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Echo the Bat In the upper elevations of Arizona, there was a forest of tall Ponderosa pine trees. The forest was covered with snow and the evenings were quiet as animals slept through the cold winter nights. When spring arrived, the snow melted and a colony of female bats made their home in a hollow pine tree to raise their young. |
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Unlike birds who hatch from eggs, bats are mammals. The mother bats
will give birth to their young and feed them mother's
milk. Because their pups are too young to fly and catch
their food, Mother bats care for their pups during the
first month.
As the warm days of spring led to summer, a baby bat was born. He had
a tiny, furry body with awkward wings. His mother held him
close to her and wrapped him in her wings. All day long, she
could hear his chirping cry echo through the hollow
tree. From that day on, his mother called him
"Echo.".
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