Galapagos Posted August 26, 2009 Report Posted August 26, 2009 Holy Romance! Bats Use Love Songs During Mating, Researchers Say ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2009) — Love songs aren't only for soft rock FM stations – they're also used by romantic bats, and researchers at Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin are believed to be the first to decode the mysterious love sounds made by the winged creatures. Their work is published in the current issue of PloS One (Public Library of Science). Holy Romance! Bats Use Love Songs During Mating, Researchers Say Quote
Moontanman Posted August 27, 2009 Report Posted August 27, 2009 I think it's interesting that both whales and bats use such love songs in their mating and both use sound to "see" I wonder how bat songs compare to whale songs or even bird songs? Quote
freeztar Posted August 27, 2009 Report Posted August 27, 2009 Well, if Ican track down some bat recordings, I can shift the pitch and make it something audible to humans. Quote
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