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See No Evil, Say No Evil. But As for Hearing? Hmmm
Dorit Hockman / Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Here are three baby bats only a bat mommy could love; one's got its face covered, one's got its mouth covered, the other one? It's just enjoying the quiet. This photo won a prize today.
These are baby bats — embryos actually. They remind me of those See No Evil, Say No Evil, Hear No Evil monkey pictures I saw growing up, but these little guys are much, much cuter. And, of course, being bats, the hearing thing doesn't apply. Bats don't hear with our kind of ears, so of course, there's no covering-ears-up picture. That wouldn't make bat sense.
This photograph was taken by Dorit Hockman of Cambridge University. It's the 20th place winner in the Nikon Small World 2012 Photomicrography Competition.
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