To avoid being snagged in the talons of a ravenous owl, the greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) mimics the intense buzz of an angry hornet and thus scares off its potential predators.
Researchers from Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Portici, Italy found that the bats imitate the buzzing sound of hornets to discourage predatory owls from eating them.