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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 ...
Data collected on juvenile and adult fringe-lipped bats provide the first insights into how eavesdropping behavior develops ...
Fringe-lipped bats (Trachops cirrhosus) have developed an extraordinary ability to eavesdrop on frog mating calls to locate prey. However, new research reveals that these bats must learn to ...
Fringe-lipped bats in Central and South America learn to tell safe prey from toxic ones by listening to frog calls.
A vibrant blue poison dart frog, *Ranitomeya aetherea*, has been identified as a new species in the western Amazon.
The species is known to eavesdrop on frog and toad mating calls to locate its prey and also learns how to tell the difference between unpalatable frogs and toads. The discovery provides the first ...
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They spend their days perched on these plants or foraging in the nearby leaf litter, likely eating the toxic insects that ...
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 ...
This bat is a carnivore that specializes in feeding on frogs. Male frogs from many species call to attract female frogs. Frog-eating bats eavesdrop on those calls to find their next meal. But how do ...