Fast-flying bats rely on late-night updrafts to reach great heights – Science Daily

Although scientists knew that some bats could reach heights of over 1,600 meters (or approximately one mile) above the ground during flight, they didn’t understand how they managed to do it without the benefit of thermals that aren’t typically available to them during their nighttime forays. Now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on February 4th have uncovered the bats’ secret to high-flying.It turns out that the European free-tailed bats they studied — powerful fliers that the…

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