Right. And then he became "Republican" Governor Max Wanker.
Posted on 12/10/2013 5:22:07 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Although bats are nocturnal, they’re hardly flying blind. Most bats see with sound thanks to echolocation: They emit ultrasonic calls that bounce back off physical objects in front of them.
Echolocation allows bats to stalk their insect and plant prey and also keeps them from flying into houses, trees, and telephone poles.
But a changing climate could hamper the ability of some bat species to hunt effectively using sound, according to a new study.
"Bats calling at low frequencies will hear echoes from an object further away than bats calling at high frequencies," says study co-author Holger Goerlitz, a biologist at the Max Wanker Institute for Ornithology in Germany.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...
Yeah, especially with his smoke, mirror and his teleprompters.
Doesn’t the increased air density at lower temperatures enhance sound transmission? Or is there some other effect that I’m missing?
Bats in the belfry.
It is truly amazing how life on Earth managed to survive for hundreds of millions of years without guidance from Climate Change scientists!
Not to worry, the environazis are working hard to eliminate those pesky wildlife critters through the use of wind farms, solar farms and other “green” technology.
I’m sure the bats will figure all this out.
Which explains why all bat species go entirely extinct every 12,000 years, with every interglacial cycle, and then magically re-animate themselves, once the whole planet is a comfy 71 degrees again.
because cows, hippo’s and elephants aren’t fat
Sound velocity is proportional to absolute temperature.
Here’s a sample explanation.
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=206667
And bats don't fly around in freezing temperatures. They hibernate during the winter, mainly because there are no insects out flying around for them to eat.
And in othernews earth saving windmills are chopping up hundreds of thousands of bats.
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