Moonlight scares bats into
hiding in the shadows, new research suggests.
Scientists in Mexico collated
studies of bat behaviour from all over the world and analysed them for evidence
of "lunar phobia" or "fear of the moon".
The study found that the
activity of bats in moonlit habitats decreased on bright nights compared with
bats that live and forage in darker places.
This may be explained by a
higher risk of predation and lack of feeding opportunities in moonlight, it
found.
The findings are published in
the journal Mammalian Biology and
represent what scientists have called "the first reliable evaluation of
the lunar phobia phenomenon".
Read on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19719986
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