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The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal

by Yossi Yovel

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A wide-ranging look at bats and the science of studying them

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A wide-ranging look at bats and the science of studying them

Yossi Yovel brings together bat biology and the work of the researchers who investigate it. The book surveys the group’s striking range of species and diets, then considers features such as flight-enabling wing structure, longevity, and communication—including the use of AI to study bat calls. Fieldwork and research settings, from rainforests and deserts to fossil collections, give the account a broad view of how knowledge about bats is gathered. The result is a natural-history exploration that connects the animals’ physical and behavioral variety with the scientific questions they raise.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Natural-history readers interested in mammals and animal diversity
  • Readers curious about ecology, neurobiology, and how scientists study animal communication
  • Those interested in field research and the people who conduct it

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Bat biology and diversityAnimal communicationEcology and scientific research

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Book overview

"[A] wonderful book." --Nature

"A mind-opening adventure." --Natural History

An awe-inspiring tour of bat world by the world's leading expert

With nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of mammals, bats come in different sizes, shapes, and colors, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the giant golden-crowned flying fox. Some bats eat fruit and nectar; others eat frogs, scorpions, or fish. Vampire bats feed on blood. Bats are the only mammals that can fly; their fingers have elongated through evolution to become wings with a unique, super-flexible skin membrane stretched between them. Their robust immune system is one of the reasons for their extreme longevity. A tiny bat can live for forty years.

Yossi Yovel, an ecologist and a neurobiologist, is passionate about deciphering the secrets of bats, including using AI to decipher their communication. In The Genius Bat, he brings to vivid life these amazing creatures as well as the obsessive and sometimes eccentric people who study them-bat scientists. From muddy rainforests to star-covered night deserts, from guest houses in Thailand to museum drawers full of fossils in New York, this is an eye-opening and entertaining account of a mighty mammal.

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