Bats

The muscles controlling the bat's vocal cords are able to contract 100 times faster than the muscles of a human's leg, twitching up to 190 times per second.

The bats' special heat sensors enable them to tell the difference between areas of skin that cover vessels full of delicious hot blood and areas covered in unpalatable hair.

Take a look at the world's spooky, flying mammals.

Holy Talking Plant! Flower Communicates with Bats

Not only do raindrops screw up echolocation, being wet also causes bats to burn twice as much energy to fly.

Flying is twice as costly when bat's coats are wet, because they lose much more heat body.

Bats are locavores and seasonal eaters, study finds.

Discovery backs up idea that small forested areas can be important for conservation.

Rabid bats are most likely to infect their close evolutionary relations.

Scientists have figured out why some bats snooze head-up.