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If they are moving 100mph then flying 10,000 feet will take about a minute and ten seconds. Not very ambitious, are they.
Interesting! I've seen these at Carlsbad Caverns and they do seem to fly a lot faster than the local bats where I live. I would have never guessed that they could fly THAT fast though!
Can't anything travel at 100 mph with enough tail wind?
Cows can fly even faster on an F5 tornado.
The article goes against the meme, FYI: "Even more astonishing, the bats were doing this purely through wing power. They were not diving from the air or using winds to increase speeds. (In fact, if bats had a strong tail wind, they would actually reduce their speed for easier travel)."
lol, exactly. Including the tailwind is bullshit.
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