Gliding toward an understanding of the origin of flight in bats (IMAGE)

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Gliding toward an understanding of the origin of flight in bats

Caption

Bats are the only mammals capable of powered flight and have correspondingly specialized body plans, particularly in their limb morphology. 

Credit

Zdeněk Macháček

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