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Bats are cool (lemmy.world)
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[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 6 months ago

Heisenberg? What if the sound or light from the cameras makes it hard for them to sense other bats, or become confused? :)

[-] Decoy321@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I know you're saying that in jest, but I would assume that the bat scientists used quiet infrared cameras for their work.

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm only half-joking. Who knows... maybe some ultra-sonic transistor whine went unnoticed by human ears, but was deafening to the echo-locators... or infra-red blinding because we are wrong somewhat about how their eyes work.

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Bats are the only true flying mammals. There are over 1,400 species of bats, and they can be found on nearly every part of the planet. Not only are they cute, they are also important...

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