- Series:Animals, Transcript English
Psalm 71:1
“In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.”
Some sports figures have practically made an art of trash-talking. Perhaps the most famous of them all is Muhammad Ali. His taunts-filled trash-talk – both before and during the bouts – worked so well, it helped him become heavyweight boxing champion.
Until recently, no one knew that some bats do the very same thing in order to distract other bats from gobbling up bugs they want for themselves. Using high-pitched echolocation signals at just the right moment, the Mexican free-tailed bat can block a competitor’s chance to get a meal.
As reported in Science magazine, a biology postdoctoral student at the University of Maryland discovered this behavior by accident. When he played a recording of a bat’s echolocation signal right as a bat was about to catch an insect, the bat was up to 85.9 percent less likely to catch its prey.
A biologist at the University of Toronto who studies bat echolocation but who wasn’t involved in the new study was quick to note that the bats’ competition for the same food source provided “the perfect environment” for such a behavior to evolve.
It goes without saying that he reached such a conclusion without any evidence whatsoever. The minds of far too many biologists are so permeated by evolutionary thinking that they are unable to even consider the possibility that bats were designed by a Creator who gave each creature the skills it needs to thrive.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, someone once said that You must love bats because You created so many different kinds! Your greatest love is reserved for those You adopt into Your family by regeneration and new birth in Your Son. Amen.
Author: Steven J. Schwartz
Ref: “Bats Make Calls to Jam Rivals’ Sonar—First Time Ever Found”, National Geographic online, 11/6/14. A.J. Corcoran and W.E. Conner. Bats jamming bats: Food competition through sonar inference. Science. Vol. 346, November 7, 2014, p. 745. doi: 10.1126/science.1259512. Photo: Mexican free-tailed bats emerging from Carlsbad Caverns, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.
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