Killer Serves

Yes, I know, biologists have more fun. Call us "strange." This is interesting.

Bats are apparantly confused by flying tennis balls. (Or are the bugs just that big there?) Does the spin on them perhaps distort the bat's radar reading on its size? In any case, bats seem to think the ball's a big bug. And insectivorous bats are going after service tosses.

Not a good idea.

Here's a cool post at the Regentville Tennis Blog about Killer Tennis Serves.

I bet you could keep the bats safely away with inaudible sound, but then they wouldn't help keep the insects in check.