X-Ray Video Reveals How Bats Power Flight

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Novel X-ray video of fruit bats mid-flight reveals a remarkably detailed look at the muscular and skeletal structure required for the mammals to take flight..

src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpR5ijukd4LgUFb4jSC2coWs67d5oj91WZTS20JQ5XQN4IDX8pihbmG7HBakh7mYkSf6HTBcAb1ZUG74Ye5bKTKnZNyRm7UF6CiI_FdvMWRNlcpGyWpZ7IB3fiOAYGGUrrWuhN1qtrf8Y/s320/X-Ray+Video+Reveals+How+Bats+Power+Flight.jpg" title="Bats Power Flight " width="320">Using XROMM (X-ray Reconstruction of Moving Morphology) technology, a team of scientists led by Brown University's Nicolai Konow was able to better understand how bats manage to be the only mammal capable of sustained flight by capturing three-dimensional images of bone structure and movement patterns.

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