Baby bats babble like human infants (original) (raw)
- NEWS
- 19 August 2021
Repeated vocalizations could help young bats to practise the sounds they will need as adults.
- Max Kozlov
Pups of the greater sac-winged bat develop their vocal skills by babbling in a similar way to human babies — a discovery that could help researchers to explore the underlying neuroscience of how mammals learn to communicate with one another.
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