Megachiropteran bats (Pteropus) utilize human referential stimuli to locate hidden food.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Journal of Comparative Psychology

• Publication date

  2011-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1037/a0023680PMID 21842983
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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