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Joey Curti

Oct 31, 2026

15:31
So what is that like? How does that change their flight? What advantages do they have based on the shape of their wings?
15:38
Yeah, so these guys are sort of, you know, the powerhouses of the flighted animal world.
15:44
They're flying, you know, upwards of 3,300 meters above ground level, which is, you know, where airplanes are.
15:49
That's wild.
15:50
And they're doing it at remarkably fast speeds.
15:53
They're going about 100 miles per hour.
15:54
Wow.
17:17
Growing right off of the Mexican freetail bat's toes were long white hairs extending past the end of the toes that were almost impossible to see unless the light caught them just right.

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