they eat bugs
no idea
no
It is NOT. The Texas State mammal is the Armadillo.
Cockroaches can be terrible pests, and even worse if there is an infestation. A cockroach would not survive being hit with a baseball bat.
Fruit and nuts
food
The largest bat colony in the entire world is located in Bracken Cave just outside of San Antonio, Texas. the largest urban bat colony in the world is located under the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin, Texas. Both are colonized by Mexican free-tailed bats.
Kind of like a cave. Probably forever.
bat
no, a fruit bat is a mammal, parasites are typically smaller and they must feed of of living things constantly to survive, like a leach
ALL animals must eat to remain alive. If a bat (or any other animal) does not eat, it will die of starvation.
In 1995 Texas adopted the Mexican Free-Tailed bat as the state small mammal.