How does the tiger beetle avoid getting eaten by bats?

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How does the tiger beetle avoid getting eaten by bats?

Question #151146. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Jul 05 2024.
Originally posted May 22 2024 8:16 PM.

psnz

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psnz

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Tiger beetles are able to produce ultrasounds, which they use to confuse the bats' echolocations. This has been termed "anti-bat sonar."

...tiger beetles — big-eyed, long-legged insects with pincer-like jaws — produce their own ultrasound in response to a bat's ultrasound. The beetles, ... do it to trick their predators into thinking they're toxic, allowing them to fly away, unharmed.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/22/1252096177/tiger-beetles-ultrasound-hungry-bats-echolocation-mimicry

Response last updated by psnz on May 22 2024.
May 22 2024, 8:18 PM

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Here's an amazing video about it: "Why These Moths Don't Run Away from Bats"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XznUaYRPptc

Jul 05 2024, 8:22 AM

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