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In addition to echolocating prey, bat ears are sensitive to sounds made by their prey, such as the fluttering of moth wings. The complex geometry of ridges on the inner surface of bat ears helps to sharply focus echolocation signals, and to passively listen for any other sound produced by the prey. These ridges can be regarded as the acoustic equivalent of a Fresnel lens, and exist in a large variety of unrelated animals, such as the aye-aye, lesser galago, bat-eared fox, mouse lemur, and others. [89] [90] [91] Bats can estimate the elevation of their target using the interference patterns from the echoes reflecting from the tragus, a flap of skin in the external ear. [85] The tiger moth ( Bertholdia trigona) can jam bat echolocation. [92] [93] Fungus that Causes White-nose Syndrome in Bats Detected in Texas". Texas Parks and Wildlife. 23 March 2017 . Retrieved 15 December 2017. Microbats make use of magnetoreception, in that they have a high sensitivity to the Earth's magnetic field, as birds do. Microbats use a polarity-based compass, meaning that they differentiate north from south, unlike birds, which use the strength of the magnetic field to differentiate latitudes, which may be used in long-distance travel. The mechanism is unknown but may involve magnetite particles. [102] [103] Thermoregulation [ edit ] Thermographic image of a bat using trapped air as insulation Fleming, T. (2003). A Bat Man in the Tropics: Chasing El Duende. University of California Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0520236066.

Wang, LI; Li, Gang; Wang, Jinhong; Ye, Shaohui; Jones, Gareth; Zhang, Shuyi (2009). "Molecular cloning and evolutionary analysis of the GJA1 (connexin43) gene from bats (Chiroptera)". Genetics Research. 91 (2): 101–109. doi: 10.1017/s0016672309000032. PMID 19393126. Ochoa-Acuña, H.; Kunz, T.H. (1999). "Thermoregulatory behavior in the small island flying fox, Pteropus hypomelanus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)". Journal of Thermal Biology. 24 (1): 15–20. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.581.38. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4565(98)00033-3. Mares, M. A.; Wilson, D. E. (1971). "Bat Reproduction during the Costa Rican Dry Season". BioScience. 21 (10): 471–472+477. doi: 10.2307/1295789. JSTOR 1295789. I also marvelled at the Jumbo used by a teammate, who was a big unit at about 6ft 4ins and could hit the ball a long way (and bowl fast, at people’s noses). ‘The bigger they are, the harder they hit – the SS Jumbo – Bat of Choice’ was the marketing spiel.Toth, C. A.; Parsons, S. (2013). "Is lek breeding rare in bats?". Journal of Zoology. 291 (1): 3–11. doi: 10.1111/jzo.12069. Thomas, S. P.; Suthers, R. A. (1972). "Physiology and energetics of bat flight" (PDF). Journal of Experimental Biology. 57 (2): 317–335. doi: 10.1242/jeb.57.2.317. Arita, H. T.; Santos-Del-Prado, K.; Arita, H.T. (1999). "Conservation Biology of Nectar-Feeding Bats in Mexico". Journal of Mammalogy. 80 (1): 31–41. doi: 10.2307/1383205. JSTOR 1383205. Wilkinson, G. (1990). "Food Sharing in Vampire Bats" (PDF). Scientific American. 262 (21): 76–82. Bibcode: 1990SciAm.262b..76W. doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0290-76.

Tian, L.-X.; Pan, Y.-X.; Metzner, W.; Zhang, J.-S.; Zhang, B.-F. (2015). "Bats Respond to Very Weak Magnetic Fields". PLOS ONE. 10 (4): e0123205. Bibcode: 2015PLoSO..1023205T. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123205. PMC 4414586. PMID 25922944. a b c Simmons, N. B.; Seymour, K. L.; Habersetzer, J.; Gunnell, G. F. (2008). "Primitive Early Eocene bat from Wyoming and the evolution of flight and echolocation". Nature. 451 (7180): 818–821. Bibcode: 2008Natur.451..818S. doi: 10.1038/nature06549. hdl: 2027.42/62816. PMID 18270539. S2CID 4356708.Moore, N. W. (1975). "The diurnal flight of the Azorean bat (Nyctalus azoreum) and the avifauna of the Azores". Journal of Zoology. 177 (4): 483–486. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1975.tb02248.x. Visitors to the reserve can watch soprano pipistrelles as they emerge from their roost above the visitor centre entrance, while the Daubenton’s feeding above the River Wear, which runs through the reserve, is another nightly event not to be missed. Lancashire Wildlife Trust Nowak, R. M., editor (1999). Walker's Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. 6th edition. pp.264–271. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 Bradbury, J. W. (1977). "Lek Mating Behavior in the Hammer-headed Bat". Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie. 45 (3): 225–255. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1977.tb02120.x.

Jürgens, Klaus Dieter; Bartels, Heinz; Bartels, Rut (1981). "Blood oxygen transport and organ weights of small bats and small non-flying mammals". Respiration Physiology. 45 (3): 243–260. doi: 10.1016/0034-5687(81)90009-8. PMID 7330485. Belfairs Woodland Centre - Led by the Centre Manager, skilled staff help people access the fantastic natural and cultural heritage of this area. The Education and Community Officer works with schools to provide forest education within the woodlands, where children learn about the environment, wildlife and nature and gain practical skills, and organises events, indoors and outdoors, for all the family to enjoy. Hertfordshire & Middlesex Wildlife Trust Megabat species often have eyesight as good as, if not better than, human vision. Their eyesight is adapted to both night and daylight vision, including some colour vision. [101] Magnetoreception [ edit ]Anatomy and physiology [ edit ] Skull and dentition [ edit ] A preserved megabat showing how the skeleton fits inside its skin

Stawski, C.; Willis, C. K. R.; Geiser, F. (2014). "The importance of temporal heterothermy in bats". J Zool. 292 (2): 86–100. doi: 10.1111/jzo.12105. Langley, L. (29 August 2015). "Bats and Sloths Don't Get Dizzy Hanging Upside Down – Here's Why". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015 . Retrieved 10 June 2017.

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Big Waters is the largest subsidence pond in the region, formed by the collapse of deep mine workings. The presence of the large lake and a smaller one means that this is a haven for bats, as they can forage over the water’s edge and in the trees and grasslands around them. Norberg, Ulla M. (1972). "Bat wing structures important for aerodynamics and rigidity (Mammalia, Chiroptera)". Zeitschrift für Morphologie der Tiere. 73 (1): 45–61. doi: 10.1007/BF00418147. ISSN 1432-234X. S2CID 38538056. Fitt, G. P. (1989). "The ecology of Heliothis species in relation to agro-ecosystems". Annual Review of Entomology. 34: 17–52. doi: 10.1146/annurev.ento.34.1.17.