• DOI:10.1007/s00359-010-0608-3
Corpus ID: 25692517

Hemprich’s long-eared bat (Otonycteris hemprichii) as a predator of scorpions: whispering echolocation, passive gleaning and prey selection

@article{Holderied2010HemprichsLB,
  title={Hemprich’s long-eared bat (Otonycteris hemprichii) as a predator of scorpions: whispering echolocation, passive gleaning and prey selection},
  author={M. Holderied and C. Korine and T. Moritz},
  journal={Journal of Comparative Physiology A},
  year={2010},
  volume={197},
  pages={425-433}
}

M. Holderied, C. Korine, T. Moritz

Published 2010

Biology, Medicine

Journal of Comparative Physiology A

Over 70% of the droppings of the gleaning bat Otonycteris hemprichii can contain scorpion fragments. [...] Key Method We confirmed that O. hemprichi is a whispering bat (approx. 80 dB peSPL) with short, multi-harmonic calls. In a flight room we also confirmed that O. hemprichii detects scorpions by their walking noises. Amplitudes of such noises were measured and they reach the flying bat at or below the level of echoes of the loess substrate. Bats dropped straight onto moving scorpions and were stung…Expand Abstract

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