Marshall died from complications of pneumonia following a stroke on Tuesday at a hospital in Burbank, California. He is best known for directing movie hits with actress Julia Roberts, such as Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride and Mother's Day.
Unlike flapping birds and insects, bats possess membrane wings that are more similar to many gliding mammals. The vast majority of the wing is composed of a thin compliant skin membrane stretched between the limbs, hand, and body.he musculoskeletal system of bat wings affords the potential to adjust membrane deformations in several ways. The boundary of the membrane is set by the articulated wing skeleton, which dictates membrane position and orientation.
BAT STRIKES. Bats are more likely to be killed by wind turbines at night and during the summer, researchers have discovered. The reason is thought to be because the turbines attract migrating insects. At some sites, 20 to 40 bats are killed each year per turbine, although rates of one to three bats are more typical. Now scientists have ascertained that 90% of bat mortality occurs in northern Europe between late July and early October.