video: This video clip shows a bat catching a June beetle outdoors at night. It is slowed down by 16 times, and the soundtrack contains the bat's actual sounds slowed down, too. This video relates to an article that appeared in the July 29, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Mary E. Bates of Brown University in Providence, R.I., and colleagues was titled, "Bats Use Echo Harmonic Structure to Distinguish Their Targets from Background Clutter." view more
Credit: Video courtesy of James Simmons