But why do bats sleep upside down? This topsy-turvy behavior may result from the evolutionary journey bats took toward flight, said Tara Hohoff, a bat biologist and the coordinator of the Illinois ...

When bats are hanging upside down they feel safer, as they can drop and fly away quickly if a predator comes. Bats use their feet to grasp onto the ceiling of a cave or wrap around branches of a ...

Koukov said when the aircraft came to a standstill, “we were upside down hanging like bats." He added that while he was able to stand upright after unbuckling himself, he said other passengers ...