bats
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Some Vampire Bats Have Started Biting Humans (And It’s Probably Our Fault)
Feeling drained? According to a new study, a vampire bat species that typically feeds on native birds has turned to sucking the blood of humans at night, likely due to human encroachment.
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Fake Skinned Robot Bats Will Soon Be Creeping Us Out From The Skies Above
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign think mimicking nature is the best way to help robots take flight. So with the help of a 3D printer they have created a flying robotic bat, complete with a layer of fake silicone skin for the wing’s membranes. It somehow manages to make real bats look…
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Watch The Horrifying Spectacle Of Three Million Bats Going Night Hunting
Video: Bats are fascinating creatures — both from the point of scientific research and their place in the canon of the horror genre as spooky creatures of the night. So whether you’re a science person or a horror person, this shot of millions of bats streaming into the sky is either great, or great and…
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Watch This Bat Pounce On Its Prey In Infrared Slow Motion
Bats are small, generally harmless to humans, and eat a lot of insects that would otherwise infect our bodies or ruin our fruit. That doesn’t stop this air-to-leaf pounce from being kind of scary, though.