Open AccessMoths use a fuzzy muffler to deaden bat sonar
Author(s) -
Joy Putney
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of experimental biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.367
H-Index - 185
eISSN - 1477-9145
pISSN - 0022-0949
DOI - 10.1242/jeb.214353
Subject(s) - human echolocation , camouflage , acoustics , biology , zoology , aposematism , communication , predation , ecology , physics , psychology , predator
![Graphic][1] The night skies are a dangerous place for moths: they make tasty, nutritious snacks for hungry bats. But first the agile mammals must detect their prey, guided in for the capture by the high-pitched sounds they emit, which reflect off objects back to their ears when hunting in
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