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Investigate: How can a bat survive deforestation? Be small, mobile, and vegetarian

Investigate: How can a bat survive deforestation? Be small, mobile, and vegetarian | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
From news.mongabay.com - November 5, 2015 1:31 PM
Rainforests are full of bats, and with over 1,300 known species around the world bats really do come in all shapes and sizes.
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Hearing aids for tropical bats?? Horn-shaped leaves help to amplify sounds for bats!

Hearing aids for tropical bats?? Horn-shaped leaves help to amplify sounds for bats! | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
From earthsky.org - October 20, 2013 9:11 PM
Bats roosting in the curled up leaves of tropical plants are able to better hear their companions, a new study suggests.
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Having witnessed this behavior in the neotropics, this new news makes that amazing field encounter even more amazing!!  

 

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Light Pollution Keeps Rainforest Bats from Eating and Disbursing Seeds - Nature World News

Light Pollution Keeps Rainforest Bats from Eating and Disbursing Seeds - Nature World News | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
From www.natureworldnews.com - March 13, 2014 9:26 AM
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Light Pollution Keeps Rainforest Bats from Eating and Disbursing Seeds
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To test this they ran an experiment using Sowell's short-tailed bats, a type of fruit bat common in tropical forests.
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