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Tiger beetles might be mimicking the sounds of poisonous bugs so bats will avoid them

Tiger beetles generate "anti bat-sonar" to prevent echolocating bats from eating them, scientists say. An experiment suggests the beetles mimic sounds created by poisonous insects that bats avoid.

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