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The love songs of these Panamanian frogs is a dinner bell for fringe-lipped bats. But how do they learn which frogs and toads ...
Fringe-lipped bats are a carnivorous species that range from Panama to Brazil. According to Bat Conservation International, ...
Imagine being able to fly through pitch-black caves, dart between tree branches at midnight, and snatch a tiny insect out of ...
Fringe-lipped bats, residing in forests from Panama to Brazil, are some of the best listeners in the animal kingdom.
The project, which captured more than 1.2 million recordings of bats, also provided unexpected evidence of the northward ...
Young fringe-lipped bats learn to hunt safely by listening to frog calls and gaining experience over time in nature.
Babbling by greater sac-winged bats features repetitive and varied sequences that resemble early infant speech in humans.
Over time, young fringe-lipped bats learn how to distinguish the calls of palatable frogs from those of toxic ones.
But it was a different story for young bats. Juveniles responded with significantly more predatory behaviors in response to the calls of toxic toads compared with the adults. They also responded more ...
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The species of bats examined by the team are echolocating. This essentially means that they rely on frequency-sweep-based vocalizations (i.e., sounds characterized by rapid changes in pitch ...
The love songs of these Panamanian frogs is a dinner bell for fringe-lipped bats. But how do they learn which frogs and toads are safe to eat and which are poisonous?