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

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

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·May 1, 2025

grues-dinner

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

wglb

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

petemir

If only humans learnt to do the same...

card_zero

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

petemir

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

catlikesshrimp

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.