Observatory: A Vine Bounces Back Sound to Signal Bats

Friday, July 29, 2011 - 14:40 in Biology & Nature

The plant, Marcgravia evenia, has dish-shaped leaves that reflect sounds especially well, making it easy for bats to identify it though echolocation.

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