Bats can catch and eat birds mid-flight. A painter may have known that 400 years before scientists

Europe’s biggest bat is capable of an impressively athletic feat: snatching birds out of the air and eating them, midflight — ...
The New York Times

Bats Catch Migratory Birds and Eat Them in Midair

For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude. By Douglas Main During spring and fall migrations, billions of birds take to the night skies. The ...
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Bats catch a lift from storm winds on long-distance migrations

Migrating hundreds and hundreds of miles is hard work for the common noctule bat. But this European species makes its marathon journey a little... Bats catch a lift from storm winds on long-distance ...