Bat World: Rescue, Rehab, Release and Sanctuary
Bats on the Move: Bat Migration
(Kids National Geographic)
(National Geographic)
(Includes information on Bat Wings,
Bats and Echolocation, Bat Caves, Bat Fact and Fiction)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Bats
Organization for Bat Conservation
(Includes short articles on various species and
bat origins and habits.)
Bat Legend: How Bats Came to Be
Amazing Bat Info: Do you know...
Military developed a Bat bomb during WW II
Bat saliva potential new stroke treatment
There really is nothing "as blind as a bat"
Silverwing trivia from Wikipedia:
* Kenneth Oppel has said that Shade is based on a silver-haired bat, Marina is based on a red bat, and that Goth is based on a spear-nosed bat.
* Shade's name means "of darkness", Marina means "of the sea", which fits her well as this is where she is found at the beginning of Silverwing. Zephyr and Chinook were based on wind spirits, Cassiel's and Ariel's names were based on angels from the Old Testament, and Goth comes from gothic. Other names come from Greco-Roman and Egyptian mythology (i.e. Romulus, Remus, Hermes, Isis, etc.), while Cama Zotz is based on a Mayan deity by the same name. (Wrinkle in Time fans, did you make the connection?)