Sunday, May 13, 2007

Bats and birds - different fliers

Bats and birds quite different fliers (Reuters)

A small nectar-feeding bat is shown in flight in this undated photograph. Bats and birds, the only two vertebrate fliers on Earth, use their wings very differently, according to scientists who observed small, nectar-feeding bats flying through fog in a wind tunnel. (Courtesy Science/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Bats and birds, the only two vertebrate fliers on Earth, use their wings very differently, according to scientists who observed small, nectar-feeding bats flying through fog in a wind tunnel.


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