Flying to the food (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Flying to the food

Caption

Researchers used speakers to play ringtones to the bats and place a baitfish on top of the speaker. When hearing the rewarded ringtones, the trained bats consistently flew to the speaker to collect their delicious reward.

Credit

Andrew Quitmeyer

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