Logan James
@loganjames.bsky.social
Post-doc @ STRI/UT Austin/McGill and collaboration with the Earth Species Project. Comparative cognition and acoustic communication across birds/frogs/bats/humans🦜🐸🦇🎶
Most of the sounds come from species with overlapping hearing range as us, but we did have to down shift the sounds from singing mice because they were a bit high for some folks. Would be interesting to try sounds like elephant rumbles or bat calls that can be totally out of our range.
October 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Most of the sounds come from species with overlapping hearing range as us, but we did have to down shift the sounds from singing mice because they were a bit high for some folks. Would be interesting to try sounds like elephant rumbles or bat calls that can be totally out of our range.
You can find the paper in Proc B here @royalsociety.org
The ontogeny of decision-making in an eavesdropping predator | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Predators use prey-emitted cues to assess and localize potential food sources. Sexual advertisement calls offer conspicuous cues for eavesdropping predators. While the ontogeny of predatory behaviour is key for survival and can determine adult responses, ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
May 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
You can find the paper in Proc B here @royalsociety.org
and it got a really lovely write-up in National Geographic! such a dream come true
These bats learn to eavesdrop—in order to survive
The love songs of these Panamanian frogs is a dinner bell for fringe-lipped bats. But how do they learn which frogs and toads are safe to eat and which are poisonous?
www.nationalgeographic.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
and it got a really lovely write-up in National Geographic! such a dream come true