In the Panamanian rainforest there is a frog-eating bat (Trachops cirrhosus) that finds its next meal by eavesdropping on the mating calls produced by male frogs. In a new study, researchers played the mating calls of different frog and toad species from a speaker to both adult and juvenile frog-eating bats. They measured their predatory responses to these sounds, and found that adult bats were very interested in palatable species, and disinterested in toxic toads. The responses of juveniles wer
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