Natural history on canvas: Brueghel knew about bird-eating noctule bats
Artistic Naturalism: Brueghel's Insight into Noctule Bats' Avian Diet
The primary focus of the featured work is the intersection of art and zoology, specifically how the artist Brueghel captured the biological reality of noctule bats consuming birds.
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