Tiny computers reveal how wild bats hunt so efficiently (VIDEO)
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An international research team has experienced the world of wild bats to experience through echoes recorded on-board the bats by 3-gram computers. The tiny computers also recorded the echolocation calls and the movement of each bat in three dimensions. With surprising results: The bats control the strength of their returning echoes by calling louder or weaker - and when hunting, they merely whisper to focus only on the prey and reduce the clutter from other echoes.
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Dr. Laura Stidsholt and Stefan Greif
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