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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Bats Want To Get Some Things Off Their Chests

Argumentative bunch:
They were able to classify 60 percent of the calls into four categories. One of the call types indicates the bats are arguing about food. Another indicates a dispute about their positions within the sleeping cluster. A third call is reserved for males making unwanted mating advances and the fourth happens when a bat argues with another bat sitting too close. In fact, the bats make slightly different versions of the calls when speaking to different individuals within the group, similar to a human using a different tone of voice when talking to different people.

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  1. How interesting! Probably happens with other animals too...

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