Inertial changes due to wing movement are sufficient to explain the complex reorientation of the bat’s body.

<p>Beginning at <i>t</i> = 0.25 sec, we simulate the free motion of a virtual bat due to the inertial effects of the measured wing motion. The simulated posture (dotted line) is compared with the measured posture (solid line). Data available in file EulerAngles.txt from the Dryad Digital Repository, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.21qs5" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.21qs5</a> [<a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002297#pbio.1002297.ref031" target="_blank">31</a>].