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'Bag of Chips' Effect: Bats Eavesdrop on Other Bats to Find Food
When I hear my husband rummaging in the pantry, I often walk over to see if he's found anything good. It turns out bats do something similar by using sound to direct them to the best places to find food. Like all bats, the greater mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) uses echolocation—a type of built-in sonar—to navigate and find prey. When it comes close to an insect, the bat sends out calls that bounce off its prey, helping the predator zero in.
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First bat:"Crunch crunch crunch!" 2and bat:"You sharing' that?"