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I wonder if moths being 'soft' is also an adaptation. Is there any study that moth 'soft' covering is also a sound absorber, to allude bats. I didn't see it me
by FrustratedMonky 3y ago
I wonder if moths being 'soft' is also an adaptation.
Is there any study that moth 'soft' covering is also a sound absorber, to allude bats. I didn't see it mentioned here.
- zimpenfish 3y agozefrank mentioned this briefly in his latest video[0] showing a paper titled "Thoracic scales of moths as a stealth coating against bat biosonar"[1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-s714RNXHY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-s714RNXHY [1] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2019.0692 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2019.069...
- pama 3y agoThat also makes a nice garden path passphrase: soft tiger moth scales evade bat sonar.