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University of Texas-Austin: Frog-Eating Bats Remember Ringtones Years Later
June 21, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas, June 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release:

Frog-eating bats trained by researchers to associate a phone ringtone with a tasty treat were able to remember what they learned for up to four years in the wild, according to a new study published in Current Biology.

Researchers acquainted 49 frog-eating bats with a series of ringtones that attracted their attention, and trained them to associate flying toward just one of the . . .

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