Watch how battles with bats give moths such flashy tails

Long tails fool bats into striking in the wrong place.

Read more - https://scim.ag/2KsO3CV

Read the paper - http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/7/eaar7428

CREDITS

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editor/animator/narrator
Chris Burns

supervising producer
Sarah Crespi

script
Chris Burns

citation
J.J. Rubin et al., Science Advances 2018
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar7428

research photos/footage
J.J. Rubin et al.

moth and bat photos/illustrations
Flickr
Biodiversity Heritage Archive
Angell Williams

stock footage
Pond5

music
Chris Burns