They're nocturnal. They live in caves. They use ecolocution.
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Well now, makes you wonder who is more "bats" - the bat or the "bats"
I don't think bats ordinarly use "ecolocution", but it seems appropriate for one addresing congress.
The Congressmen seem battier than the bat.