Batfishing: How Bats Trick Frogs With Fake Calls

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Frog Dating

Bats are catfishing frogs for dinner. Fringe-lipped bats can recognize and respond to unfamiliar frog mating calls. st3v was able to get us a translated chat:

• Frog: “am single and ready to mingle, ribbit”

• Bat: “you look like a snack…uh, ribbit”

• Frog: “lol let’s meet at the mossy rock”…then the bat consumes the frog

The research was a bit more scientific and found bats to quickly associate new sounds with food. But rather than drool like Pavlov’s dogs, the flying frauds use dialogue to pinpoint prey and break hearts.

Batfishing not recommended for Gotham villains

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