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This is Scientific Americans' 60 Second Science.

I'm Karen Hopkins.

Have you ever found yourself stuck in what felt like a never-ending game of stop copying me,

in which one person keeps repeating what the other one says?

You probably figured that the person parroting you was just trying to be annoying.

But some critters might use vocal mimicry to save their skins.

In a recent study, researchers found that certain bats buzz like bees,

a sound that could discourage owls from eating them.

The work appears in the journal,

current biology. The idea dates back to over two decades ago. Danilo Russo is a professor

of ecology at the University of Naples, Federico Segundo, in Italy. I was working for my PhD

and I happened to capture Sangreta Mausia bats.

When I took these bats out of the net, when I handled them, they invariably buzzed like wasps or hornets.

But what was the point of this unusual auditory outburst?

Was it an involuntary squeak of distress?

A warning cry to fellow roostmates.

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