Summary ²

The Greater Bulldog Bat or Fisherman Bat (Noctilio leporinus) is a type of fishing bat native to Latin America. The bats use echolocation to detect water ripples made by the fish upon which they prey, then use sharp claws to catch and cling to the fish. Their echolocation is so precise that they can detect a minnow's fin as thin as a human hair poking only a few millimetres out of the water, an astounding feat...

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1. (c) Susan Ellis, , Bugwood.org, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Captive_Noctilio_leporinus.jpg
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