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

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-palatable-poisonous-scientists-reveal-prey.html
26•wglb•9mo ago

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wglb•9mo ago
Paper in Proceedings of Royal Society B: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2025.045...
petemir•9mo ago
If only humans learnt to do the same...
card_zero•9mo ago
Did you accidentally eat a disgusting toad? We've all been there.
catlikesshrimp•9mo ago
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.

petemir•9mo ago
I was just joking about people eating bats, which kind-of made the news a few years ago...
grues-dinner•9mo ago
Is a PScientist like a P-Zombie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie)?
wglb•9mo ago
Sorry, it is a Pstypo.

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