happythoughts 0 #1 February 13, 2008 bats Quote Bats could fly before they had 'radar' AP Science Writer Wed Feb 13, 4:12 AM ET NEW YORK - A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they started flying. Can you say, "ouch"? Flying around at night. No radar. "I think I'll fly over here and... whack!" You can just imagine some bats thinking, "f- this, I'm walking over to the fruit tree tonight." QuoteThe discovery revealed the most primitive bat known, from a previously unrecognized species that lived some 25.5 million years ago. Its skeleton shows it could fly, but that it lacked a series of bony features associated with "echolocation," the ability to emit high-pitched sounds and then hear them bounce back from objects and prey, researchers said. In all the pics of bats that I have seen, they have a flat forehead. I guess that explains that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madhatter 0 #2 February 13, 2008 Your clicky's a bit funky Goes to your 'post reply' on another post. As for the flat foreheads - that's evolution for ya! A VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! D.S # 125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DangerRoo 0 #3 February 13, 2008 clicky is messed up? (I.C.D#2 VP) "<3 ..Looks like breasts coming out of an ice cream cone. Mmmm."~John Mitchell "I'm good with my purple penis straw" ~sky mama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madhatter 0 #4 February 13, 2008 The clicky (bats) goes to http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_reply_write;quote=1;parent_post_id=3122009 A VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! D.S # 125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #5 February 13, 2008 bat clicky is fixed Whenever someone says that they are multi-tasking, it doesn't mean that they are doing all the tasks correctly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #6 February 13, 2008 Der Fliedermaus es kooool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #7 February 13, 2008 isch dat nederdütsch!?“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZeG 0 #8 February 13, 2008 Nah it´s only bad german Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #9 February 13, 2008 Not all Bats echo locate today anywaysYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #10 February 13, 2008 Hey I resemble that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #11 February 14, 2008 What the article failed to mention was that the bats initially operated only under VFR. Once they had developed the radar, they submitted a petition to the FAA to be allowed to also operate under IFR. A few thousand years later, the FAA accepted the petition and granted them IFR operation. Baby bats still operate under VFR until they are old enough to demonstrate their mad skilz with the radar."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #12 February 14, 2008 Your inclusion of facts has only caused the discussion to stray. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
