The Journal of experimental biologyChiropteraAnimalsPredatory BehaviorRoboticsPlant Leaves
A robotic model of efficient prey finding in the gleaning bat Micronycteris microtis.
Dieter Vanderelst, Inga Geipel, Herbert Peremans
Published: 202610.1242/jeb.250818
Abstract
The common big-eared bat (Micronycteris microtis) gleans its prey directly from plant surfaces. Previous experiments have shown that this bat exploits the specular reflection effect to discriminate between occupied and empty leaves. Using this effect…
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