
An Olympic Showdown: Human versus Bat
Could the tiny vampire bat give Olympic sprinters in Rio a run for their money?
Lydia Chain is a freelance science journalist, podcaster, and videographer. She hosts Undark's podcast, and also writes about nature, the environment, and evolution, especially when it involves the intersection of humans and wild spaces or animals behaving strangely.

An Olympic Showdown: Human versus Bat
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