Floppy Skin with Muscle Power (VIDEO)

Brown University

Caption

As bats fly the air pushes their compliant skin around. A new study provides evidence that they control wing stiffness and shape using muscles embedded in their skin.

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Swartz & Breuer labs / Brown University

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