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"When it comes to finding fascinating species previously unknown to science, it turns out that forests of Papua New Guinea are a darn good place to look. Researchers have recently disclosed their discoveries from a two-month long expedition to the country last year, in which they happened upon over two hundred species never before recorded -- like the tube-nosed fruit bat pictured above. Strangely familiar he is, though from where I know not."
"The bat, seen clinging to the external fuel tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery before its launch on Sunday, apparently clung for dear life to the side of the tank as the spaceship lifted off."
"Australia's Tolga Bat Hospital is saving spectacled flying foxes orphaned by an insect-spread disease that is killing bat mothers."
Power-generating wind turbines have long been recognized as a potentially life-threatening hazard for birds. But at most wind facilities, bats actually die in much greater numbers. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology, a Cell Press journal, on August 26th think they know why.
Rabies from vampire bat bites has caused 38 deaths so far in the country, prompting the government to begin a program of inoculations and offering mosquito netting to curb the problem. Rumors that the dead have been seen rising from graves later are unfounded.
Eating bats is popular among elders in at least one village in northeastern Thailand, in part because "they do wonders for your libido."
More than a hundred bat species have been found packed into about five acres (two hectares) of Ecuadorian rain forest.
Bats have more flying styles in their bag of tricks than previously thought, according to a new study that shows the mammals perform the same aerial maneuvers as insects to stay aloft.
These aerodynamic tricks come into play when a bat flaps downward, producing a tiny cyclone of air called a "leading edge vortex," according to research led by Florian Muijres of Lund University in Sweden.
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