Scientists found that the fringe-lipped bat, known to eavesdrop on frog and toad mating calls to find its prey, learns to distinguish between palatable and unpalatable frogs and toads through ...
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Palatable versus poisonous: Scientists reveal how bats learn to identify which prey is safe to eat
To source their food, some predators eavesdrop on calls emitted by prey. Fringe-lipped bats, which range from Panama to Brazil, are some of the most skilled eavesdroppers in the world. They are ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG)— Volunteers are out in full force this spring, but some of their work may look a little odd. People volunteering for the Department of Natural Resources Frog and Toad call ...
A fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus, responds to the calls of the túngara frog, Engystomops pustulosus, one of its preferred prey species. First, the bat hears the call of a single male túngara ...
As the storm crossed Houston on Monday morning, the call of the toads echoed from every flooded street corner. By Shannon Sims Reporting from Houston Amid the cacophony of pelting rain, exploding fuse ...
A fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus, approaches a Fitzinger's robber frog, Craugastor fitzingeri, in Panama. This species of bat eavesdrops on the mating calls that male frogs produce to attract ...
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