The Bat that cracked the frog code

United Kingdom, 1982

TV show
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Episode of Series “Wildlife on One”.
Explores a dramatic breakthrough in the knowledge of animal behaviour. For the first time scientists have proved that vertebrate predator - fringe-lipped batrachops, (which inhabits the rain forest in Central America), can intercept the signals of another animal, the mud puddle frog, to identify and locate it as prey. Shows how the biologists went about obtaining their data.

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Credits

producer

Keenan Smart

production company

BBC

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1982

Appears in

Wildlife on One

Group of items

Wildlife on One

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

507932

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Animals & Wildlife → Animal behavior

Animals & Wildlife → Animal communication

Animals & Wildlife → Biological research

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biological research

Television

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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