Greater mouse-tailed bats use their tail as a tactile sensor when navigating backwards

Summary: Animals use a wide arsenal of sensory modalities to orient, often combining information from different modalities to improve sensing. Animals mostly move forward and hence most of their sensory organs are frontal. In some situations, moving backwards is a necessity and some animals have evo...

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Published in:	iScience
Main Authors:	Sahar Hajyahia, Mor Taub, Ofri Eitan, Orit Dashevsky, Yossi Yovel
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2025-03-01
Subjects:	Wildlife behavior Biological sciences Zoology
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225002743