Chewing sounds can help decode an animal’s diet using AI, new study finds
What does an eagle ray’s menu look like? An artificial intelligence model can now answer that question by listening to sounds of the animal chewing on food. Scientists developed the machine learning algorithm to detect the sound of shells being crushed by predators when they feed on mollusks. According to a study published in the […]
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Scientists have developed an AI model that can listen to the chewing sounds of predators and identify what they are eating.The tool was trained with audio of whitespotted eagle rays crushing open shells of the mollusks they are preying on.It’s crucial to understand predator-prey interactions to figure out the resources the predator depends on and the pressure it puts on prey.See All Key Ideas (function($) { $(document).ready(function() { const bulletPoints = $('.bulletpoints'); const toggle = $('.bulletpoints-wrapper .content-expander'); if (bulletPoints.length > 0) { const bulletPointsHeight = bulletPoints[0].scrollHeight; if (bulletPointsHeight && bulletPointsHeight <= 170) { toggle.remove(); } toggle.click(function() { bulletPoints.toggleClass('visible');…
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