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roost https://scienceblogs.com/ en Ever wonder why bats sleep upside down? https://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2013/10/30/ever-wonder-why-bats-sleep-upside-down <span>Ever wonder why bats sleep upside down?</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div style="width: 360px;display:block;margin:0 auto;"><a href="/files/lifelines/files/2013/10/halloween-greetings-bat.gif"><img class="size-full wp-image-1967" alt="Clip Art from www.LeeHanson.com" src="/files/lifelines/files/2013/10/halloween-greetings-bat.gif" width="350" height="277" /></a> Clip Art from <a href="http://www.LeeHanson.com">www.LeeHanson.com</a> </div> <p>Just in time for Halloween:</p> <p>Besides being an excellent way to avoid predators, roosting or hanging upside down is optimal for taking off into flight. Bats are not able to launch into flight from an upright position because their wings do not generate sufficient lift while at a dead stop. Additionally, their hindlegs are rather underdeveloped, so they are not able to run to generate lift for take-off. Instead, bats essentially fall into flight<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. </span></p> <p>Learn more in this video comparing flight mechanics in bats and birds:</p> <iframe src="http://www.snotr.com/embed/10954" width="400" height="330" frameborder="0"></iframe><p> <strong>Source:</strong><br /> <a href="http://animal.discovery.com/mammals/question668.htm">Animal Plant</a></p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/dr-dolittle" lang="" about="/author/dr-dolittle" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">dr. dolittle</a></span> <span>Wed, 10/30/2013 - 14:47</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/life-science-0" hreflang="en">Life Science</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bat" hreflang="en">bat</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bird" hreflang="en">bird</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/flight" hreflang="en">flight</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/halloween" hreflang="en">halloween</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/roost" hreflang="en">roost</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2509154" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1383289336"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Bats sleep upside down because they cant get take off any other way.</p> <p>Or bats have lost the ability to take off any other way because they sleep upside down.</p> <p>As sleeping upside is a good tactic for avoiding predators, I'd say it was the latter.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2509154&1=default&2=en&3=" token="YyEgqL0ptaA0rcH9unV1j0yVBfd6IrNYKZaBwtiVIEQ"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Ian (not verified)</span> on 01 Nov 2013 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/37134/feed#comment-2509154">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2509155" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1383365501"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>"Bats are not able to launch into flight from an upright position because their wings do not generate sufficient lift while at a dead stop. Additionally, their hindlegs are rather underdeveloped, so they are not able to run to generate lift for take-off. Instead, bats essentially fall into flight. "</p> <p>Lo a video of a bat launching into flight from an upright position using the lift of its wing and the push of its hindlegs. :)</p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/PSihqW9r6bs">http://youtu.be/PSihqW9r6bs</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2509155&1=default&2=en&3=" token="VvaAYROdto4hZE4X1fzTAbbPt2Tye1tGVW2lN9GFS_E"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Nele (not verified)</span> on 02 Nov 2013 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/37134/feed#comment-2509155">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2509156" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1383400747"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><blockquote><p> Bats are not able to launch into flight from an upright position because their wings do not generate sufficient lift while at a dead stop.</p></blockquote> <p>This is not <em>entirely</em> true. While it's accurate to say that their wings <strong>alone</strong> do not generate enough lift, bats are capable of horizontal takeoff. </p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/37759765">Vimeo: Bat quad launch takeoff from the ground</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0032074">plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0032074</a></p> <p>It would be more accurate to say that bats likely sleep the way they do for two reasons:</p> <p>1) predator avoidance, both through relative inaccessibility and through quick escape generated by</p> <p>2) the relative metabolic ease of achieving flight by falling from an elevated position.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2509156&1=default&2=en&3=" token="_ULcPt4_T7cjxujlrz9iAoZZaZliRWPYBHGTAHo4uiI"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">makeinu (not verified)</span> on 02 Nov 2013 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/37134/feed#comment-2509156">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="387" id="comment-2509157" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1383831196"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thank you everyone for the great comments and further insight into bat flight!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2509157&1=default&2=en&3=" token="W6OHJDfqOe9goGysLCcdGtTywxeoBtgXdR607xOHeDM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a title="View user profile." href="/author/dr-dolittle" lang="" about="/author/dr-dolittle" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">dr. dolittle</a> on 07 Nov 2013 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/37134/feed#comment-2509157">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/author/dr-dolittle"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/author/dr-dolittle" hreflang="en"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/LogoForDolittleBlog-120x120_1.jpg?itok=ONp2irQS" width="100" height="100" alt="Profile picture for user dr. dolittle" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2509158" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1387686669"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Three bats are hanging on a branch upside down, when suddenly one of them turns upright.<br /> - Dude, did you see that, what is wrong with him?<br /> - I think he's having a faint.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2509158&1=default&2=en&3=" token="MsU7EvP0WyKEcl35HCrkB_2MzecddLHb3D_ti391oD8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">xan (not verified)</span> on 21 Dec 2013 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/37134/feed#comment-2509158">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2509159" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1389533982"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Nice article, I work in bat removal in the Columbus, Ohio area and get these types of questions on a regular basis as well as several myths about bats. Most are unaware of their habits and benefits to us, as well as that the live in our own homes! If anyone would like a lot more information about bats feel free to look on my website <a href="http://www.propestmen.com/ohio/critters/bats/bat_removal_bat_control.html">http://www.propestmen.com/ohio/critters/bats/bat_removal_bat_control.ht…</a> thanks again.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2509159&1=default&2=en&3=" token="WpoTByX8OPEbya2scQ5ynfWnAq0H45oC03UPFpeGvBA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Bat Removal (not verified)</span> on 12 Jan 2014 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/37134/feed#comment-2509159">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2509160" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1442513812"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I SEE BAT EVERY DAY I GO PUTSIDE AT NIGHT THIS IS A CRAZY BAT VIDEO I DID KNOW THAT BAT CAN SWIMM ON DAY I SEEN I,O987 BAT OUT SIDE XAN I SAW THREE BATS HANGING ON THE BRANCH I LIKE THIS VIDEO</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2509160&1=default&2=en&3=" token="8LqIgBoccQeSxOupzNsMS7ygxUk3aiPZMGbiKD7g7d0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Allen Straughter (not verified)</span> on 17 Sep 2015 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/37134/feed#comment-2509160">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/lifelines/2013/10/30/ever-wonder-why-bats-sleep-upside-down%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:47:32 +0000 dr. dolittle 150141 at https://scienceblogs.com Bunker Bats https://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2013/05/09/bunker-bats <span>Bunker Bats</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div style="width: 509px;display:block;margin:0 auto;"><a href="/files/lifelines/files/2013/05/bunkerexterior_usfwssteveagius.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-1507 " alt="A Cold War bunker at Loring Air Force Base in Maine that has been converted into a winter haven for bats. Image from: BBC News, USFWS/S. Agius" src="/files/lifelines/files/2013/05/bunkerexterior_usfwssteveagius.jpg" width="499" height="186" /></a> A Cold War bunker at Loring Air Force Base in Maine that has been converted into a winter haven for bats. Image from: BBC News, USFWS/S. Agius </div> <p>Scientists in Maine have converted two Cold War bunkers at Loring Air Force Base into winter havens for bats in an effort to protect the animals from the fungus that causes white nose syndrome. What is nice about using a man-made space is that they can actually clean up the area as opposed to trying to kill the fungus in a cave where multiple species of fungi may be affected, thereby disrupting the micro-ecosystem. The winter survival rate is not very high so far, only 9 out of 30 of the animals survived the stress of capture, transport, and captivity. The researchers have added roosts and closed captioning televisions to the bunkers to help study the animals. I hope their efforts at creating man-made safe havens for these bats works as this fungus has killed up to 6.7 million bats to date, and is continuing to spread.</p> <p><strong>For more information on these bunkers, visit <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22354517">BBC News</a>.</strong></p> <p><strong>For prior posts on white nose syndrome and bats:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2011/01/05/north-american-bats-face-possi/">North American Bats Face Possible Endangerment</a></p> <p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2011/06/16/white-nose-syndrome-revisite/">White Nose Syndrome - Revisited</a></p> <p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2011/09/09/evaporative-water-loss-and-whi/">White Nose Syndrome and Evaporative Water Loss</a></p> <p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2011/10/04/ask-the-experts-does-ketosis-o/">Does Ketosis Occur During Hibernation?</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/dr-dolittle" lang="" about="/author/dr-dolittle" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">dr. dolittle</a></span> <span>Thu, 05/09/2013 - 12:15</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/life-science-0" hreflang="en">Life Science</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bat" hreflang="en">bat</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bunker" hreflang="en">bunker</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cold-war" hreflang="en">cold war</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/hibernate" hreflang="en">hibernate</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/roost" hreflang="en">roost</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/white-nose-fungus" hreflang="en">white nose fungus</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-categories field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Categories</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/channel/life-sciences" hreflang="en">Life Sciences</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2509056" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1368126323"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Bats are famous for their sensitive hearing - so why do they need closed-caption tv?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2509056&1=default&2=en&3=" token="kje1htyJDqRUMdYFVVRl5QmeAVwnv50nThffZFLGJCk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Pierce R. Butler (not verified)</span> on 09 May 2013 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/37134/feed#comment-2509056">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2509057" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1368434407"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I think he meant closed circuit television. Although, personally, I'd like a local bat channel.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2509057&1=default&2=en&3=" token="DYjXBxffEjkkT73sC8p5IYEaITDoQZjmA_MhEEPuw2c"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Politicalguineapig (not verified)</span> on 13 May 2013 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/37134/feed#comment-2509057">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2509058" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1369365519"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Botton-line: even nuclear escalation between opposing ideologies has its plus sides :)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2509058&1=default&2=en&3=" token="UeE6mNspRHDd-5vLqZIb3AQBl6XfJjm-AAwHeZ16hb0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Ignacio Gallo (not verified)</span> on 23 May 2013 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/37134/feed#comment-2509058">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/lifelines/2013/05/09/bunker-bats%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Thu, 09 May 2013 16:15:21 +0000 dr. dolittle 150083 at https://scienceblogs.com