Re: [Texascavers] [SWR] It's bat vs. bat in aerial jamming wars

2015-01-02 Thread Diana Tomchick via Texascavers
I would guess it's due to the fact that not all bats live in low light conditions (think: many species of fruit bats that spend their lives in trees). Mammalian evolution takes longer than it does for invertebrates: the time between generations is much longer. Diana * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR] It's bat vs. bat in aerial jamming wars

2014-12-31 Thread Ken Harrington via Texascavers
Interesting article and makes me wonder why bats have such good eyesight if it is not used to capture insects (food). This article seems to show that bats which use echo-location for finding food use it exclusively and if it is jammed they do not get the food. What purpose do the eyes