] (Researcher Daniel Riskin) placed each bat inside a cage
] about the size of an elongated shoe box with a customized
] treadmill as the floor. At first, the bats strolled
] along. When Riskin sped up the treadmill to more than 0.5
] meter per second, he was startled to find that bats
] started bounding, pushing off with their powerful
] forearms. The maximum speed clocked was 1.2 m/s.

[ They look like really weird frogs... -k]