Why Nectar-feeding Bats Need A 'Power Drink' To Fly

[Cheryl Jones]

Source: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date: August 5, 2007

Why Nectar-feeding Bats Need A 'Power Drink' To Fly

Science Daily — Nectar-feeding bats burn sugar faster than any other mammal on Earth -- and three times faster than even top-class athletes -- ecologists have discovered.

The findings, published online in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ecology, illustrate that because they live life on an energetic knife edge, these bats are very vulnerable to any changes in their environment that interrupt their fuel supply for even a short period.

Read on.... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 194330.htm

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