Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar
Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar. Review of a scientific article by: Amy Worth, Dimitri Lamisere, Idil Osman, Bianca St. Louis. Background and Rational. Bats use echolocation Moths ultrasonic clicks have previously been shown to alert bats and to startle
Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar
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Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar Review of a scientific article by: Amy Worth, Dimitri Lamisere, Idil Osman, Bianca St. Louis
Background and Rational • Bats use echolocation • Moths ultrasonic clicks have previously been shown to alert bats and to startle • Scientists hypothesize the moths jam bat sonar however, evidence is lacking for this so called jamming
Hypotheses Moth clicks function to: • Alert of warn • "warning of unprofitability" • Startle • Sonar interference or jamming • diminishing a bats ability to determine the moths distance • clicks may sound like an object that does not exist • Clicks may confuse bats
Method Used four bats • 3 juvenile, 1 adult 16 tethered moths • with controls being moths with clicking disabled and moths of other species that do not click Placed in a flight room equipped with high speed infrared cameras and an ultrasonic microphone Bats were given one minute or 5 attempts for each moth Experiment lasted nine nights
Suggestions and further question Use more bats and moths They could have tested more than 9 nights Are there other species of bats that have the same reaction towards moths that can click ultrasonically?