Fly, bats.

At dinner today, I told my family about the talk I sat through by one of the researching biologists at my school, where he talked about the fact that organisms with a high probability of dying in the near future have no incentive to live longer, and so age faster.

“So that’s why bats live two to five times longer than comparatively sized land mammals,” I said.

“Is that true?” My mom asked.

“Yes,” I said. My sister had a contemplative face.

“So,” she said, “If we could fly…?”