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Joel Kontinen
Animals known to be highly
intelligent, such as ravens and chimpanzees, have good long-term memory – and
now it seems that some bats do too-
This is a sign of intelligent design, The one who maid them use of techniue of echolocation or that bats used frequencies above the range of human hearing could also make them remember words,
When fringe-lipped bats learn the sound of a dinner bell, they remember it for years. The bats’ enduring memory is comparable to that of other animals renowned for their expansive cognitive skills, such as crows and primates.
Fringe-lipped bats (Trachops cirrhosus) are native to rainforests in the Central and South American tropics. They are noctural predators with a broad diet, snatching up insects, frogs, lizards and small mammals. The bats have a keen ear and are able to discern between the calls of poisonous animals.
Buehler, Jake 2022. Bats can remember sounds they haven't heard for more
than 4 years New Scientist 31 March.
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