Landing Upside Down (IMAGE)

Brown University

Landing Upside Down

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In order to roost upside down on cave ceilings or tree limbs, bats need to perform an aerobatic feat unlike anything else in the animal world. Researchers from Brown University have shown that it's the extra mass in bats' beefy wings that makes the maneuver possible. By flapping both wings with one folded slightly toward their bodies, bats shift their center of mass to perform a flip.

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Breuer Lab/Brown University

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