Tag: aerial hunting
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Europe’s Largest Bats Hunt And Eat Migrating Birds On Wing, High In Sky
Groundbreaking Insight into a Remarkable Hunting Strategy For years, researchers have known that some bats can prey on sizable, nimble birds. Now a comprehensive study using high-resolution biologging has confirmed that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule (Nyctalus lasiopterus), routinely captures and consumes nocturnally migrating passerine birds in flight high above the ground. This discovery…
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Europe’s Largest Bats Hunt Birds In Flight At Night
Breakthrough Evidence: Bats Diving After Migrating Birds For decades, researchers have known that some bat species can hunt larger prey away from water and near the ground. A new study, however, provides compelling, direct evidence that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule (Nyctalus lasiopterus), hunts and eats nocturnally migrating birds in midair, high above the…
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Europe’s Largest Bats Hunt Migrating Birds in Flight: Aerial Predation at 400 Meters
Introduction: A surprising apex of the nocturnal skies While bats are widely celebrated for eating insects, a striking exception exists high above Europe’s forests. The greater noctule bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus), Europe’s largest bat, hunts nocturnally migrating birds in flight. A recent study employing high-resolution biologging tags confirms that these bats climb above 400 meters to…