Dr. Oliver Lindecke 🦇 (@olindecke.bsky.social)

When bats can't hear... 🦇Plan B(at)🦇 ... they compensate by adapting their flight path and vocalizations. They flew lower, oriented themselves along walls and increased both the number and length of their calls, boosting the power of echo signals used for navigation. 🧪 hub.jhu.edu/2024/11/25/b...

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Bats' amazing Plan B for when they can't hear New research by Johns Hopkins neuroscientists reveals instant compensation strategy that other animals might share https://hub.jhu.edu/2024/11/25/bats-hearing-adaptation/