This is devious: Mexican free-tailed bats have jamming sonar to disrupt competitor bats’ food hunting. It’s like there aren’t enough insects for everyone to eat!
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
A HA! Further proof that evolution is evil and must be denied at every turn!
If we have to live eating insects, we will suddenly realize how difficult it is to catch’em and we will have to resort to fight among ourselves for that one cricket.
These bats sound like assholes to me. Probably Republicans.
I’ve lost the bleeps, I’ve lost the sweeps, and I’ve lost the creeps!
Did you get jammed?
Awww! Who’s the cutest bat in the whole world? You are! Oh yes you are!
I love bats. :)
OTOH….
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1539106/
66 transmissable viruses isolated so far.
I always wanted a flying fox as a pet, but not after reading that paper. Well, not until we figure out how to properly inoculate the little buggers, anyway.