Meet “Chirocopter”: A drone that flies within swarms of bats

The machine is outfitted with equipment that can track bat movements and record their chirps Learn more: www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/meet-chirocopter-d… Read the research: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.1299… CREDITS producer Sarah Crespi story by Katie Langin citation Y. Fu et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2018 DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12992 drone photos Yanqing Fu thermal footage drone POV Yanqing Fu thermal footage ground POV Laura Kloepper bats at sunset footage Pond 5 Mexican free-tail bat photos USFWS/Ann Foreschauer music "Is that you or are you you?" by Chris Zabriskie

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