| Title |
Risky Ripples Allow Bats and Frogs to Eavesdrop on a Multisensory Sexual Display
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Science, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.1244812 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
W. Halfwerk, P.L. Jones, R. C. Taylor, M. J. Ryan, R. A. Page |
| Abstract |
Animal displays are often perceived by intended and unintended receivers in more than one sensory system. In addition, cues that are an incidental consequence of signal production can also be perceived by different receivers, even when the receivers use different sensory systems to perceive them. Here we show that the vocal responses of male túngara frogs (Physalaemus pustulosus) increase twofold when call-induced water ripples are added to the acoustic component of a rival's call. Hunting bats (Trachops cirrhosus) can echolocate this signal by-product and prefer to attack model frogs when ripples are added to the acoustic component of the call. This study illustrates how the perception of a signal by-product by intended and unintended receivers through different sensory systems generates both costs and benefits for the signaler. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 8 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 8% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Finland | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 10 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 15 | 63% |
| Scientists | 6 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 4% |
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| United States | 5 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 206 | 95% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 45 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 44 | 20% |
| Researcher | 31 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 27 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 35 | 16% |
| Unknown | 22 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 134 | 62% |
| Environmental Science | 13 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 11 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 3% |
| Psychology | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 16 | 7% |
| Unknown | 32 | 15% |
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