During their research — which
involved careful study
of the skulls and skins
of related flying fox species in 8 different museums on 3 different continents — the researchers straightened out a second
point of confusion in the scientific literature regarding these animals.
Sport at bottom
involves play, which, as the Dutch historian Johan Huizinga
pointed out in Homo Ludens, «creates order, is order» because, «Into an imperfect world and into the
confusion of life it brings a temporary, a limited perfection.