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Bats surf.
Let that sentence breathe. Just two words, yet it may well be the shortcut to nirvana. Dust to dust. Hallelujah. BATS SURF.
In addition to being my new incantation for 2025, “bats surf” is a scientific discovery reported this week. Researchers outfitted 71 female common noctule bats (Nyctalus noctule) with tags and followed their spring migration across Europe, which lasted about 46 days and covered nearly 700 miles. Some of these batgirls covered an astonishing 237 miles in just a single night, much farther than previously recorded flights.
The noctules were able to achieve these distances by timing their flights to coincide with warm fronts that buoyed them along with strong winds. In other words, bats surf the tropospheric waves. This skill is especially important for female noctules, as they must navigate migrations at the same time they are gestating future surfer pups in their bellies.
Es gibt Lebewesen auf diesem Planete, welche einfach super cool sind!
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PS: Das Stichwort iot steht für Internet of Things: Piloting a 1.2-gram IoT (Internet of Things) tag with onboard processing, we tracked the daily location, temperature, and activity of female common noctules (Nyctalus noctula) during spring migration across central Europe up to 1116 kilometers.