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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Bats Can Make Calls More Intense Than Rock Concerts


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A greater bulldog bat fishes for prey in Panama's Barro Colorado Island in a file photo.

Though out of range of human hearing, the shattering shrieks of tropical bats on the hunt in Panama represent the loudest calls ever recorded from an airborne animal.

Photograph by Christian Ziegler/NGS