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Title: Hoary Bat Victim
Description: A hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) found dead beneath a wind turbine, an apparent victim of a blade strike or near-contact barotrauma (lung failure from severe and abrupt pressure change; here, caused by the spinning blades). Prior to the problem of bat fatalities at wind turbines, biologists rarely encountered hoary bats.
Location: USA
Photographer: Paul Cryan
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Photographer Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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