First Known Mammal With Superfast Muscles (6 of 10) (IMAGE)

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First Known Mammal With Superfast Muscles (6 of 10)

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Close up of a Daubenton’s bat. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Sept. 30, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. C.P.H. Elemans of University of Southern Denmark in Odense M, Denmark, and colleagues was titled, "Superfast Muscles Set Maximum Call Rate in Echolocating Bats."

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Image courtesy of Knud Ladegaard Pedersen

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