Biology
Dietary Niche Partitioning in Sympatric Bat Species
Quick fact
Some communities of insectivorous bats partition their diet by prey size, so that larger bats take larger insects and smaller bats take smaller ones, reducing competition and allowing many species to coexist.
Why this is interesting
In a single night, a tropical forest may host a dozen bat species, all hunting insects. How do they all find enough to eat without starving each other?