Tropical Moths Use Ultrasonic Crotch Blasts to Confuse Attacking Bats

Tropical Moths Use Ultrasonic Crotch Blasts to Confuse Attacking Bats

In what has to be one of the most brilliant self-defense mechanisms ever developed, several species of tropical moths are able to rasp their genitals against their bodies to produce ultrasonic signals that confuse an attacking bat’s acoustical targeting system.

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