ARTexplains Science and History | Did you know bats can't get drunk? #funfacts #animalfacts #animalbrains @ARTexplains | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
I wish my job was building obstacle courses for bats, giving them alcohol, and then seeing if they can navigate. That's at least one person's job! From the video "Which Animals Do Drugs?" youtu.be/dxSpL6R4Wd8?si=vjsN65gfbe1TyMWm

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Reference: Orbach, D. N., Veselka, N., Dzal, Y., Lazure, L., & Fenton, M. B. (2010). Drinking and flying: Does alcohol consumption affect the flight and echolocation performance of phyllostomid bats? Plos one, 5(2), Article e8993. doi.org/dhrmbv