Bats are the only mammals that can fly a great distance, but they have another ability.
蝙蝠是唯一能飞很远的哺乳动物，但它们还有另一种能力。
Bees, bats and rodents, to name but a few, can see what humans can't - ultraviolet light.
我们列举几种如蜜蜂，蝙蝠和啮齿动物等，它们可以看到人类看不到的紫外线。
In Jakarta, fruit bats are sold to passersby, not as exotic pets, but as a cure for asthma.
在印度尼西亚，蝙蝠被当做治疗哮喘的药材出售、而非宠物。
Finally, when RJ bats a blue balloon toward his head, Derek's mouth curls into a smile.
最后，RJ将一个蓝色的气球拍到Derek的头上，他弯了弯嘴角露出一丝笑容。
A primary reason is that bats are also often listening, waiting, and getting ready to eat... frogs.
一个主要原因是，蝙蝠也能听到雄泡蟾的鸣叫，并且在时刻准备吃掉它们。
The vexing question is: Why? Bats are the only mammal with a better ability to hear changes in pitch than humans do.
但是，有一个令人苦恼的问题是：为什么蝙蝠是唯一的比人类具有更好听力能力的哺乳动物？
But bats are threatened by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that kills them, as well as by deadly collisions with wind turbines.
但蝙蝠却受到白鼻子综合症(一种真菌性的疾病)以及与风力涡轮机碰撞的致命威胁。
"Basically, we can think that the bats have a cocktail party every evening," says Jagmeet Kanwal, who studies mustached bats at Georgetown University.
“就此而言，我们可以认为，蝙蝠每天晚上都会进行一次鸡尾酒会，”JagmeetKanwal说，他是在乔治城大学研究髭蝠的。
极少的蝙蝠吃肉。
A few bats skimmed his nose now and again and scared him half to death.
几只蝙蝠不时掠过他的鼻子，把他吓得半死。
Given that there is a living to be made at night, and given that alternative daytime trades are thoroughly occupied, natural selection has favoured bats that make a go of the night-hunting trade.
考虑到夜晚也可以生存，并且可供选择的白天的“交易”完全被占用，它们自然选择偏爱那些成功在夜间进行捕食“交易”的蝙蝠。
We went on a camping trip once in Italy and my wife spent the whole time worrying about bats getting into her hair.
我们有次在意大利露营，我的妻子一直在担心蝙蝠飞到她的头发里。
We went on a campaign trip once in Italy, and my wife spent the whole time worrying about bats getting into her hair.
我们有次在意大利露营，我的妻子一直在担心蝙蝠飞到她的头发里。
He had also contrived to catch a few bats, and these, also, he had eaten, leaving only their claws.
他还设法捉了几只蝙蝠，除了爪子都吃完了。
Precise is this sonar view of the world that bats can distinguish by size, shape, and texture something as small as a mosquito.
精确的是这种声纳观察世界的方法，蝙蝠可以通过大小、形状和纹理来辨别像蚊子这样的小东西。
Recently there was this experiment with trees and a specific species of bats.
最近有一个关于树和某种特定蝙蝠的实验。
These bats can distinguish between the two, and not just with trees, but with any echo that comes in a smooth or rough shape.
这些蝙蝠能够区分这两种声音，不仅仅是通过树木的回声，而是通过任何平滑或粗糙的回声。
There are two main groups of bats, which are believed to have evolved independently of each other, but both from a common ancestor.
蝙蝠主要有两大类，人们认为它们是各自独立进化的，但都来自同一个祖先。
Bats have a problem: how to find their way around in the dark.
蝙蝠有一个难题：如何在黑暗中找到自己的路。
The researchers played different túngara frog songs to female frogs and frog-eating bats on a stereo in order to see which speaker they approached first.
研究人员用立体声系统对着雌泡蟾和食蛙蝙蝠播放了不同的雄性的鸣音，观察它们最先接近哪一种鸣叫的来源。
The turbines' spinning blades cause a drop in air pressure, which can kill bats.
涡轮机旋转的刀片导致风压下降，可能杀死蝙蝠。
The mantid ear -- a single slit -- is sensitive to the ultrasonic "pings" emitted by hunting bats.
螳螂的耳朵只有一条裂缝，对于蝙蝠发出的超声波非常敏感。
In this beautifully illustrated rhyming tale, bats sneak into a library through an open window and deliver the message that's every parent's mantra: reading rocks!
在这本配有漂亮插图的语言押韵的童话故事里，蝙蝠们通过一个开着的窗户溜进了一个图书馆，释放出了一个预言——每个父母的口头禅——“读书好！”
Much of that echolocation sound is beyond the range of the human ear. But to bats, it's as loud as a jet airplane.
这些回声人类是听不到的，但对蝙蝠来说，却是真正的“如雷贯耳”。
A dental surgeon contacted the White House, and suggested strapping small incendiary devices to bats, loading them into cages shaped like bombshells and dropping them over a wide area.
一名牙科医生主动站了出来，向白宫提出这样一项建议：将小型燃烧装置捆在蝙蝠身上，把蝙蝠装进炸弹形状的笼子里，然后大范围投放这种蝙蝠炸弹。
During that time, the Marines conducted a successful proof of concept at Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah, where they released bats over a mock-up of a Japanese city.
当时，海军陆战队在犹他州杜格威试验基地模拟的日本城市上空释放了炸弹蝙蝠。
A handful of bats worldwide are known to catch fish, including South America's fisherman bat. (Watch video of the fisherman bat at work.)
世界上已知的能捕鱼的蝙蝠物种屈指可数，其中包括南美洲的捕鱼蝠。
Brian Fisher Installing a fixed line to access the bats.
布莱恩·费希尔正在安置靠近蝙蝠的固线。
Brian Fisher Installing a fixed line to access the bats.
布莱恩·费希尔正在安置靠近蝙蝠的固线。
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