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Mother bats' hearts beat faster at the sound of their own babies' cries

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Mother bats' hearts beat faster at the sound of their own babies' cries
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A mother bat has one crucial challenge: find her own babies among hundreds of other bats in the colony. Making sure she cares for and nurses only her own offspring is important to ensuring their survival. Among Japanese house bats, mothers keep track of their pups using the babies' isolation calls.

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