Tag: bioacoustics
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Armored Rockhead Poacher Reveals Built-In Drum in Its Head
Scientists uncover a skull-shaped acoustic marvel A small, unassuming fish called the armored rockhead poacher (Bothragonus swanii) has surprised the scientific community with a feature that sounds like science fiction: a deep, bowl-shaped cavity carved into the middle of its skull. Long dismissed as a bizarre curiosity, the cavity is now understood to function as…
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Europe’s Largest Bats Hunt Migrating Birds in Flight: Aerial Predation at 400 Meters
Introduction: A surprising apex of the nocturnal skies While bats are widely celebrated for eating insects, a striking exception exists high above Europe’s forests. The greater noctule bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus), Europe’s largest bat, hunts nocturnally migrating birds in flight. A recent study employing high-resolution biologging tags confirms that these bats climb above 400 meters to…