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Chiropterology (BATS) Encore with Merlin Tuttle

Ologies with Alie Ward

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Crossing Over Neurons in Flying Foxes

All flying foxes have crossing over neurons between the eyes and the midbrain, similar to primates, while no other mammal exhibits this trait. This discovery challenges the previous diagnostic rule in paleontology that relied on the absence of these neurons to differentiate primates from other mammals.

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