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Exsul singularis, the bat-winged fly, is a species of fly that is endemic to New Zealand, first described by Frederick Hutton in 1901. The males have enormously expanded wings. The species is found in the south-western South Island and occurs mostly in high-altitude meadows near streams. It preys on soft-bodied flying insects and is believed to ...
The Illyrians from A Court of Thorns And Roses series by Sarah J. Maas, a warrior race of faeries who live in the mountains and have bat-like wings. A race of garuda appear in fantasy author China Miéville 's world Bas-Lag , as featured in Perdido Street Station .
The Bat was designed by Nathan Crowley, who based it on the Harrier jump jet, Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, and Boeing AH-64 Apache. [18] Chris Corbould described the Bat's size and shape as presenting a major challenge for filming due to Christopher Nolan's emphasis on practical effects over computer-generated imagery. The Bat was variously ...
A bat wing, which is a highly modified forelimb. Bats are the only mammal capable of true flight. Bats use flight for capturing prey, breeding, avoiding predators, and long-distance migration. Bat wing morphology is often highly specialized to the needs of the species. This image is displaying the anatomical makeup of a specific bat wing.
They range in size from the Shortridge's long-fingered bat, at 3 cm (1 in) plus a 3 cm (1 in) tail, to the great bent-winged bat, at 8 cm (3 in) plus a 7 cm (3 in) tail. Like all bats, miniopterids are capable of true and sustained flight , and have forearm lengths ranging from 3 cm (1 in) for many species to 6 cm (2 in) in the western bent ...
In a jungle of Africa, a mother fruit bat has a new baby, and names her Stellaluna. One night, an owl attacks the bats, knocking Stellaluna out of her mother's embrace, and she falls into the forest below. Soon the baby bat ends up in a sparrow's nest filled with three baby birds named Pip, Flitter and Flap.
The eastern red bat has the second-greatest mortality from wind turbines, with hoary bats most affected. [19] While eastern red bats have been documented carrying the spores of Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome, no individuals have been observed with clinical symptoms of the disease. [20]
The common name bent-winged bat refers to their most obvious feature, the group's ability to fold back an exceptionally long third finger when the wings are folded. This finger gives the bats long, narrow wings that allows them to move at high speed in open environments and in some species to migrate over a distance of hundreds of kilometres.