Prey exploits the auditory illusions of eavesdropping predators

We show that male tree frogs reduce their attractiveness to eavesdropping enemies (bats and midges) by overlapping their calls at near-perfect synchrony with the calls of neighboring conspecifics taking advantage of an auditory illusion.本研究表明，雄性树蛙可通过与相邻同种个体的鸣叫声实现近乎完美的同步重合，借助听觉错觉来降低自身对正在窃听的天敌（蝙蝠与蠓虫）的吸引力。