ISF: Study Reveals How Eavesdropping Predators Develop Hunting Strategies
Dr. Ximena E. Bernal, a professor in Purdue University’s Department of Biological Sciences, and faculty affiliate of the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future, has co-authored a new study which has uncovered how young fringe-lipped bats (Trachops cirrhosis) learn to identify and hunt prey—not through instinct, but by listening, learning the mating calls of their prey, and observing mature bats.