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Ep 23: Beauty of the Beasts
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Ep 23: Beauty of the Beasts

Why are animals loud and conspicuous when that increases their risk from predators? How does noise pollution affect mating behaviors?

How can robots help biologists study complex topics such as sexual selection and mate choice?

Gail Patricelli is a behavioral ecologist at UC Davis, where she studies how individual variation in animal signaling and communication affects mate choice and reproductive success. Gail uses robots to investigate the process of sexual selection in sage-grouse …

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