Extreme hunting efficiency in a carnivorous bat

2025/10/31 by A. Leonie Baier, Sebastian A. Mortensen, Gregg Cohen +3 · 2 voices
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Marine animal studies overview

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2025.10.023

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• 🦇CARNIVOROUS BAT RIVALS BIG CATS 🦁 IN HUNTING ABILITY Researchers from our lab incl. Leonie Baier & @laurastidsholt.bsky.social discovered that the fringe-lipped bats of Panama hunt for prey near [bsky, 12 points, 0 comments]
• Unusual low-risk/high-gain strategy in small #bats: Short search and pursuit times with high hunting success rates and targeting prey approaching their own body size of 30 g. Baier et al 2025 @curren [bsky, 12 points, 0 comments]