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Rodents remotely move matter using sound to enhance their sense of smell: study
It’s so far off the scale of what we know … it almost seems like magic,’ says University at Buffalo researcher Eduardo Mercado III.
There’s a wide research consensus suggesting USVs are a form of social communication, a courtship display, which though inaudible to humans, might otherwise be compared to the calls of certain birds. Reviewing existing research, Mercado found inconsistencies in rodents’ vocal behaviors that didn’t fit with the idea that USVs help males entice females. Researchers use rodent vocalizations, particularly those of rats and mice, as a model for studying a variety of human disorders, especially those related to communication, social behavior, and emotional processing, including anxiety and depression, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, and autism.
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