Date: 11/2/25 5:40 am From: Jack Saba <jlsaba001...> Subject: [MDBirding] Fwd: After 25 years, scientists solve the bird-eating bat mystery
After decades of mystery, scientists have finally proven that Europe’s
largest bat, the greater noctule, hunts and eats small songbirds
mid-air—more than a kilometer above ground. Using tiny biologgers
strapped to bats, researchers recorded astonishing dives and mid-flight
chewing sounds confirming bird predation long suspected but never observed.
L. Stidsholt, E. Tena, I. Foskolos, J. Nogueras, I. de la Hera, S.
Sánchez-Navarro, J. L. García-Mudarra, C. Ibáñez. *Greater noctule bats
prey on and consume passerines in flight*. /Science/, 2025; 390 (6769):
178 DOI: 10.1126/science.adr2475
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adr2475>
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Jack Saba
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