Neuroscientist shows bats feel their way through the air using tiny hair sensors
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Susanne Sterbing-D'Angelo, has shown, along with her colleagues from the University of Maryland, that bats use tiny hairs on their wings to feel the air around them as they fly, which allows them to adjust to conditions almost instantly and that this feature of their anatomy helps them to perform the intricate acrobatic feats that they are known for. Their findings have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.