Neat News 2059 (added 2021-08-20)

Sound trick of rattlesnakes

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As new research has found, rattlesnakes have a way to make it sound as if they were nearer than they actually are by switching to a much higher frequency. It is assumed that they do this in order to avoid being trampled on.

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News seen at: BBC - Science & Environment