TheBatBotLab🇺🇸

Laboratory dedicated to the study of #bat #biosonar from an #engineering perspective. Building #bioinspired bat #robots. #scicom sandbox

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Design of a coupled flapping & folding mechanism for a biomimetic flapping-flight bat robot. Video: Adam Carmody.

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Rainforest acrobatics, no safety harness required🤸🌿: Ashy Tailorbird (Orthotomus ruficeps) navigates stems and leaves with impressive agility🐦🎯. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Stealth mode, but make it glamorous🕵️✨: Garnet Pitta (Erythropitta granatina) relies on the dim rainforest understory where vivid colors vanish surprisingly well🌲🔍. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Bee afraid. Very bee afraid🐝😬: Blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis) specializes in venomous insects and disarms them before lunch🍽️⚡. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Forest gossip department open for business ☕🐦: Rufous-fronted Babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons) belongs to a family of highly social understory birds that rarely keep their observations to themselves📣🍃. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #Wildlife

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Forest acrobatics practice session🤸🦉: Juvenile barred eagle-owl (Ketupa sumatrana) testing branch geometry before graduating to full-time nighttime surveillance duties🌳📡. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Forest daycare in session🐣📚: Red-breasted Partridge (Arborophila hyperythra) young are precocial and mobile early in life, though finding snacks still seems to benefit from adult expertise🍂🐜. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography

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Migration fuel stop. Please keep snacks coming⛽🍇: White-throated rock thrush (Monticola gularis) migrates thousands of kilometers to spend the non-breeding season in the tropics🌍✨. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Testing the structural integrity of the rainforest📋🐦: Laced Woodpecker (Picus vittatus) helping control wood-boring insects one peck at a time🪲✅. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Looking suspiciously overqualified for branch-sitting🤨🐦: Male banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) perched patiently, because sitting still is often the first step to catching an unsuspecting insect🐛🎯. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography

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Forest freight service incoming 🚚🍇: Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) transporting seeds across the rainforest one fruit feast at a time 🌳🌱. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Maximum pigment, minimum effort 😌🎭: Diard's trogon (Harpactes diardii) can sit still for ages and still steal every scene 📸🌳. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Just passing through 👀🍃: Plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus, male) letting other birds handle daycare while staying fully booked with singing duties 🎶🌿. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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@MustelidDwyer Yes, that's what attracts them.😉

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Tiny velociraptor training day🐣🦖: Slaty-breasted rail (Lewinia striata) chicks can forage shortly after hatching, but quality-control inspections remain mandatory👀🪱. Photo: Jason Bugay Reyes. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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The beak is not a design flaw😎📏: Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) uses its oversized casque and bill for communication, display, and efficient fruit handling🍉🎭. Photo: Jason Bugay Reyes. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography

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When the rainforest's celebrity finally appears🌴✨: The Bornean ground cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiatus) is one of Borneo's most elusive birds and spends much of its life on the forest floor👣🌳. Photo: Jason Bugay Reyes. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography

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Maximum fluff, minimum intimidation☁️🤣: Juvenile Barred Eagle-Owl (Ketupa sumatrana) is wrapped in insulating down while rapidly developing the equipment needed for nocturnal hunting🌙📈. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography

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Looking like a branch and acting like a raptor🌳😎: Barred eagle-owl (Ketupa sumatrana) combines cryptic plumage with powerful talons - a classic ambush-predator strategy🦉📚. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Primary colors, no restraint🎨✨: Bornean banded pitta (Hydrornis schwaneri) forages in dim rainforest understory, where surprisingly bright plumage is often more visible to photographers than to predators🍃📸. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding

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Leaf litter detective🔎: Philippine pitta (Erythropitta erythrogaster) probes soil and debris for insects, relying on acoustic cues as well as visual scanning🍂. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography