The mortality rate of bats at modern-day swimming pools is comparable to that at Messel 47 million years ago

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Oct 31, 2024, 3:25 pm237 ptsTop
More than 500 bat fossils have been discovered at the Messel Pit UNESCO World Heritage Site over 42 years. A new study, published today in the journal Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, investigates whether the high number of fossils is due to an unusual excess mortality rate.

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