video: This is an example trials of bat experiments. Bats (on perch outside video view at start of trial) prefer to attack frog models at ripple pools. This video relates to a paper that appeared in the 24 Jan., 2014, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by W. Halfwerk at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Ancón, Republic of Panama, and colleagues was titled, "Risky Ripples Allow Bats and Frogs to Eavesdrop on a Multisensory Sexual Display." view more
Credit: [Video courtesy of Wouter Halfwerk]