A machine learning algorithm helped decode the squeaks Egyptian fruit bats make in their roost, revealing that they “speak” to one another as individuals.
  • PaulRyansWorkoutTape [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    They were able to classify 60 percent of the calls into four categories. One of the call types indicates the bats are arguing about food. Another indicates a dispute about their positions within the sleeping cluster. A third call is reserved for males making unwanted mating advances and the fourth happens when a bat argues with another bat sitting too close.

    • silentlygrowingyam [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Bats are intensely arguing whether to go for abolishing the Bat State, or setting up the Dictatorship of the Batitariat