this is the home of one of the most
remarkable animal athletes on the planet
this is a fishing bat here in a forest
in southern Belize she’s cutting out of
her home in the cedar tree to pinpoint
the sound of her prey here’s what she’s
Africa fish waiting at the surface of
the water
the mother bat readies to swoop down and
capture a meal she has to fuel up so she
can make milk for her hungry baby he
called puck now with the speed timing
and artistry of an all-star football
league receiver she skimmed she scores
oh-ho let’s see that again truth be told
this mother path is even more artful
than an NFL tight end because she’s
using perfect timing to grab a prize
that doesn’t want to be grabbed a mother
bat will sometimes catch and eat 30 fish
in one night lest you think that’s
unfair for the fish Wow
Tao think again sometimes prey bites
back even as these bats flutter around
in search of their next meal these
catfish eyeball the bats waiting for one
to slip up the bats swoop down to
refresh themselves only vaguely aware of
the catfish I mean Chuck what’s to worry
about the bats are quick agile and air
worthy the catfisher slow sluggish
sea-bound
then one bat dives with too much
enthusiasm it becomes waterlogged and
can’t achieve liftoff
now the catfish have a chance
crashes in frustration the catfish
stir the more the bat Royals the waters
the more it excites the fish the catfish
move in for the capture the bat tries to
scramble up a rock but it’s too slippery
the slow deliberate catfish grabs the
quick agile bat in its jaws what the
spike of fear powers the bat out of its
reach at the last possible second a
soggy bat flies off and hangs itself to
dry pondering a near-death experience
[Music]
remarkable animal athletes on the planet
this is a fishing bat here in a forest
in southern Belize she’s cutting out of
her home in the cedar tree to pinpoint
the sound of her prey here’s what she’s
Africa fish waiting at the surface of
the water
the mother bat readies to swoop down and
capture a meal she has to fuel up so she
can make milk for her hungry baby he
called puck now with the speed timing
and artistry of an all-star football
league receiver she skimmed she scores
oh-ho let’s see that again truth be told
this mother path is even more artful
than an NFL tight end because she’s
using perfect timing to grab a prize
that doesn’t want to be grabbed a mother
bat will sometimes catch and eat 30 fish
in one night lest you think that’s
unfair for the fish Wow
Tao think again sometimes prey bites
back even as these bats flutter around
in search of their next meal these
catfish eyeball the bats waiting for one
to slip up the bats swoop down to
refresh themselves only vaguely aware of
the catfish I mean Chuck what’s to worry
about the bats are quick agile and air
worthy the catfisher slow sluggish
sea-bound
then one bat dives with too much
enthusiasm it becomes waterlogged and
can’t achieve liftoff
now the catfish have a chance
crashes in frustration the catfish
stir the more the bat Royals the waters
the more it excites the fish the catfish
move in for the capture the bat tries to
scramble up a rock but it’s too slippery
the slow deliberate catfish grabs the
quick agile bat in its jaws what the
spike of fear powers the bat out of its
reach at the last possible second a
soggy bat flies off and hangs itself to
dry pondering a near-death experience
[Music]
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