The Evolution of Bats

The Evolution of bats is a mystery because for the first 10 million years or so after the dinosaurs went extinct there are no bats and then all of sudden bat fossils can be discovered all over the world. However, just because their evolution is poorly does not mean that it is completely in the dark. This video pieces together the bits that are known and explains why there is a bat explosion in the fossil record.

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[jasepoag]

Step 1: Mysterious gliding insectivore
Step 2: ???
Step 3: ALL THE BATS

[Marc-dgen]

Im just waiting waiting for this channel to finally blow up. An actual hidden gem of youtube.

[cheetahpiss]

When I was a kid my family use to have a couple of "bat hotels" that's what we called them, and they were positioned about 30ft up and each hotel would hold about 40-50 bats. It was glorious to go outside at dusk and see them just swarming the insects and chirping.

[Chris-ibht]

I'm so glad somebody finally did a video on bats

[raulmt]

Bats: I am going to be nocturnal to avoid predation from birds of prey
Bat falcon: I an going to end this group's whole carrier

[Rhethion]

I'm willing to believe the predecessors of bats were specific to a small region, but their geographical dispersion exploded after they evolved flight, so it may reason that fossils of proto bats may be incredibly localized. That's merely a hypothesis

[tfive]

it's always funny to see Ken Ham on the list.

[Chokwik]

8:25 bats live in Finland too :) i used to watch one hunt in evenings outside my apartment in Tampere., you can really tell that it's not a bird by the way it can do 90degree turns mid fly

[livetwilightever]

I've read that bats were often associated with the supernatural because their faces are remarkably human-like compared to other animals, making them seem to be part human and part animal. Interestingly, this line of thinking somewhat resembles the hypothesis that bats were closely related to primates.

[diegorodriguesdesouza]

Necromantis is the coolest animal name ever!

[callumbush]

I've often wonder why birds never really evolved many nocturnal species leaving the night skies to mammals especially as birds had a head start? I possibly thought it may be to do with the differences between bird and mammal brains, however Owls are an extremely successful nocturnal species? Also I often wondered that if all birds went suddenly extinct how long it would be before bats filled the available daylight ecological niches?
What is the theoretical biggest size a flying bat could evole to if there wasn't any birds?

[NicNac]

I still can’t get over the fact that bats aren’t even closely related to mice and rats!

[sMASHsound]

1. animal that eat insects and may or may not echo locate
2. animal that eats insects, climb and may or may not echo locate
3. animal that eats insects, climbs, echo locates and thinks its easier to jump directly to insects to catch them
4. animal that eats insects, echo locates and glides,
6. animal that eats insects, echo locates and flies.

[m.ahussain]

This is a very informative video and I'm glad that this content exists for those of us who are curious about the in depth information about specific animals.

[neub]

Well done video. I remember a surge in the bat population in Baltimore Maryland in the mid-late 1970s. It was odd seeing them perched outside my window.

[DreamSneak]

This is the most underrated channel on youtube.

[PeterGregoryKelly]

"Necromantis".

This has to be the coolest goth name ever.

[ethanmontoya]

This channel is incredible.. please keep it up. I’m a dude who watches content like this to relax. And have been doing so for ten years. 5his is the first channel in years that is providing info I haven’t found anywhere else on most video platforms. Moth you are a gem in an age where science is being treated like superstition

[bataar_productions]

I really like the way that you talk, its so calming and very relaxing. Also it's nice to see that someone finally did an analysis of these fly-rat bois.

[carlosrubio-valdez]

I hope to live long enough to know what happen with the origin of bats.
Amazing video as always.