Prey evasiveness and masking noise jointly promote the ultrahigh call rate in echolocating bats
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DOI: 10.1186/s12915-025-02435-0
Abstract: Among mammals, only bats and toothed whales are known to produce > 160 calls per second, which occurs shortly before these echolocators capture their prey. This high call rate phase, dubbed terminal buzz, is powered by rare… read more here.
Keywords: call rate; masking noise; buzz; terminal buzz ... See more keywords