ZooWeird 9

A doggerel series about odd or little-known animals.

Bumblebee or Hog-nosed Bat, the sole representative of the family Craseonycteridae. The species is best known for being the world's smallest bat and mammal, with an average weight of only 2 g.  Read more: http://www.strangeanimals.info/2011/01/kittis-hog-nosed-bat.html#ixzz4S51Osu3W

In Thailand and in Burma—that’s

Where you can find these tiny bats.

But I’ll confess: It’s not the size

Of bats that terrifies my eyes;

It’s just that unexpected zoom

Of critters flying ’round the room

That causes awful shocks and fright—

And here come men in coats of white!