Europe's biggest bat captures and devours birds while flying

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It's hard to think of a spookier wildlife scenario: A songbird is flying through the air, when it's suddenly intercepted from above at breakneck speed by a large, fanged bat . After a brief struggle, the attacker disappears into the gloom with its bloody prey in tow. But for over two decades, biologists have suspected that these events are even darker than that scary situation. And thanks to tiny bat "backpacks," experts have now confirmed their nightmarish theory.