How bat wings can heal themselves (1 Viewer)

Stitches and glue can be ineffective
October 2011: Certain bats will be spreading their previously-torn wings after a new way of treating them was discovered - http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/bat-healing.html#cr

I remember one David Attenborough movie where a Fruit Bat was attacked by White-bellied Sea Eagle and flew away with a huge hole in its wing. The commentary said that bat wing membrane is one of the fastest healing tissues.

so it is very useful in medication, scientists can or doctors can study that, i think it is very useful.

Yes, and one of the questions scientsts are asking is how does G. destructans (the fugus that causes WNS) interfere with wing repair. Interesting stuff to see because if it affected the bat too quickly, it wouldn't have time to spread to other bats...i.e. the bat would die (and render the fungus immobile). Instead it is a slow grower, meaning bats can travel while infected and spread it unfortunately.