Mary Bates, PhD

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The Bat That Sings Like a Bird: New on Zoologic

Photo by Kirsten Bohn.These are Brazilian free-tailed bats. The males sing songs composed of specific syllables and phrases that follow syntactical rules but also vary from one rendition to the next. A new study shows the bats also vary the syntax in their songs in response to different social situations. Read more about the bat that sings like a bird at Zoologic: The Hills are Alive With the Sound of Bat Song