In fact we belong to a very tiny group of mammals (
including fruit bats and guinea pigs) that don't make their own Vitamin C. Because Vitamin C performs so many functions and we use so much of it in the course of a day almost everyone can benefit from supplementing with extra Vitamin C. Up to 1,000 to 2000 mgs a day is fine; it's water soluble and what you don't use will just be excreted.
Not exact matches
They found antibodies and viral RNA fragments in three species of
bats,
including hammer - headed
fruit bats.
This is a great way to see crocodiles,
fruit bats, spider monkeys and hundreds of different bird species,
including many species of herons.
However, she's eaten far more bizarre things
including fish sperm sac in Taiwan,
fruit bat in Palau, and even a conch penis in Belize.
This thriving example of urban agriculture is one of many surprising sustainable initiatives at the Dizengoff Center shopping mall, which
includes bird habitat, a tree nursery, rooftop apiary, and even a
bat cave for native
fruit bats to call home.
The clade Chiroptera
includes species with very diverse food preferences,
including bats that eat either meat, insects, fish,
fruit, nectar, or a variety of food types.
The clade Chiroptera
includes two extant clades, Megachiroptera (Old World
Fruit Bats) and Microchiroptera (echolocating ba
Bats) and Microchiroptera (echolocating
batsbats).