Drinking and flying: does alcohol consumption affect the flight and echolocation performance of phyllostomid bats?

In the wild, frugivorous and nectarivorous bats often eat fermenting fruits and nectar, and thus may consume levels of ethanol that could induce inebriation. To understand if consumption of ethanol by bats alters their access to food and general survival requires examination of behavioural responses...

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Main Authors: Dara N Orbach, Nina Veselka, Yvonne Dzal, Louis Lazure, M Brock Fenton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2813879?pdf=render