Treadmill-sprinting vampire bats

This exercise is a part of Educator Guide: Parrot Pigmentation and Bat Metabolism / View Guide
A vampire bat is mid-stride in a run on a treadmill, with its hind limbs both down and its front limbs in mid-air. The background of the treadmill is black and white stripes.
A vampire bat working out on a bat-friendly treadmill helped scientists figure out the quirks of digesting high-blood diets.Price Sewell

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