242: Bat Chat!

December 20, 2022 00:08:51
242: Bat Chat!
Brain Junk
242: Bat Chat!

Dec 20 2022 | 00:08:51

/

Hosted By

Trace Kerr Amy Barton

Show Notes

It sounds like impossibly futuristic sci-fi but, a machine learning algorithm and videos of bat behavior were used to partially decode the language of Egyptian Fruit Bats. I KNOW! You have to give this a listen.

image by David Mark on Pixabay

For adorable pictures of the Egyptian fruit bats https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-translate-bat-talk-and-they-argue-lot-180961564/

Get into the scholarly research nitty-gritty: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2016.21215

Want to learn more about Wild dog communication? Listen to this oldie but a goodie, http://brainjunkpodcast.com/podcast/bf-12-sneeze-voting/

Other Episodes

Episode 0

September 06, 2022 00:08:51
Episode Cover

227: Whatever...Mom

Why won’t your teenager listen to you? Their brain. For real. Insert teenage eye roll here. Want to know the deets? Mom’s Voice study...

Listen

Episode 0

March 21, 2023 00:16:49
Episode Cover

255: Lost and Found Art

Art isn't just in museums! Sometimes it's hidden behind walls, inside a piece of furniture, or sadly, in a dumpster. Today we explore the...

Listen

Episode 0

December 01, 2020 00:04:46
Episode Cover

139: Mummy Passport

Ramesses II (Also known as Ramses or Rameses) became Pharaoh at the age of 14, had more children than any other Egyptian ruler, and...

Listen