"It's like if baseball players switched from wooden bats to aluminum," Rob Swift explained.

They are small and morphometrically distinct from other local Myotis mystacinus-like bats.

Palaeochiropteryx differed little from modern bats, a surprising fact given their relative age.

In fact, two people in the United States have died this year after contracting rabies from bats.

Nor does it suggest an increase in the threat from rabid bats, which have have long been known to be carriers of the disease.

Baseball coaches can seem born out of the diamond, carved from fungo bats, polished over the years like glove leather.

Most marks or bites from bats cannot be detected.

All three cases were apparently caused by viruses from bats.

Viruses from this family have been isolated from birds and bats.

In the cartoon, Mighty Mouse tries to save gypsies from bats.