eli5: How can bats hang upside down without all the blood rushing to their head?

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eli5: How can bats hang upside down without all the blood rushing to their head?

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Alabaster_McAllister commented

Why can you stand up with out all the blood rushing to your feet?
constantino675 commented

bats are much smaller than humans, so the dynamics of having 5+feet of head pressure on our brains is relatively significant.

A bat is only maybe a foot long head to foot, its much less of an issue.