Sentences with phrase «small flying bats»

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«Bats inspire «micro air vehicle» designs: Small flying vehicles, complete with flapping wings, may now be designed.»

His group and others had found that the genomes of bats were littered with small pieces of DNA, called transposons, that had invaded and copied themselves throughout the flying mammals» genetic material.

The ZooKeys article describes the first study of the behavior, diet, and conservation status of this flying fox, finding that the Mortlock Islands support a small population of 900 to 1200 bats scattered across a land surface of only 12 km2 (4.6 square miles).

«The bats also need to use the slow timing of the right hemisphere to use sonar — which relies on detecting small changes in frequency — to track the velocity of the fast - moving insects they fly after and eat,» Washington says.

Small, silent, and energy - efficient, the researchers say bat takeoffs could inspire autonomous military micro-air vehicles and flying robots.

Extra cargo on a small flying mammal is limited to a mere 20 to 30 percent of the animal's predinner weight, so a small, low - fat meal won't fuel the bat for very long.

A new wing design for small flying vehicles takes inspiration from bats to improve flight efficiency

Small birds are more energy - efficient than bats when flying.

Bats often seem small, fragile, and alien to us, despite having been flying and surviving for over 50 million years.

A colony of bats inhabits a small section of the parkland behind Mudlo Street, flying out at dusk as 1000's of Rainbow Lorakeets return to roost in the palm trees at the Marina Mirage.