Why did the bat fall out of the tree?
It couldn’t hang in there.
Why did the bat fall out of the tree?
It couldn’t hang in there.
Listen up, buttercup. You see, the joke plays on the double meaning of "hang." Like, a bat literally hangs from a tree, but "hang in there" is also something you say to encourage someone to persevere. So the bat couldn't literally hang, which is why it fell. It's punny. Get it now, genius?