PScientists reveal how bats learn to identify which prey is safe to eat

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-palatable-poisonous-scientists-reveal-prey.html

by wglb • 1 year ago

26 7 1 year ago

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wglb2• 1 year ago

Paper in Proceedings of Royal Society B: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2025.045...

petemir2• 1 year ago

If only humans learnt to do the same...

card_zero• 1 year ago

Did you accidentally eat a disgusting toad? We've all been there.

catlikesshrimp• 1 year ago

Unfortunately, toddlers (not toadlers) don't know that bleach and amonia are toxic, and that colored pills are not for swallowing en masse. They do learn about some, when they survive. People's tastes are truly varied.

Some adults inject chlorine thinking it provides health benefits.

TLDR: Learning what to consume by Trial and error works for bats, but not for humans.

petemir2• 1 year ago

I was just joking about people eating bats, which kind-of made the news a few years ago...

grues-dinner• 1 year ago

Is a PScientist like a P-Zombie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie)?

wglb2• 1 year ago

Sorry, it is a Pstypo.

PScientists reveal how bats learn to identify which prey is safe to eat

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