Bat

A new study (published in PLOS Biology) investigated how bats make sharp turns in the air, particularly when they have to grab the ceiling. It turns out aerodynamics have very little to do with it – it’s all about inertia. Just as a figure skater clutches his arms to his chest to increase his speed, bats pull in their wings to help them make turns.

You can read all about it (and see more video) in this piece by my friend Nsikan Akpan over at PBS Newshour.

visualkeito:

beastlyart:

This is completely fucking unacceptable.

LOOK AT THIS PRECIOUS BABY

hollowedskin:

galactita:

beezeeart:

The bats are now listed

npdrhys

someone buy me a galaxy bat!

what if we had vision like bats, like:

burawando:

hey what do you think of my haircut

JSUT A FUCKIN SECOND LEMME AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA IT LOOKS GREAT HAROLD

why are bats stigmatized as being creepy?

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

soundssimpleright:

elfpen:

I mean

look at these things

they’re like tiny

fluffy

dragons

but instead of breathing fire they squeak and cuddle

in caves

and leaves

and they have funny ears and noses

I mean really

bats are amazing

I removed the one with them in caves because those bats have a fungual infection known as white nose syndrome, and if they aren’t dead, they soon will be, and that creeps me out and makes me sad.

Oh nooooooooooo ;_;