Human babies are not the only babblers, said a study published Thursday. Some bats are also very talkative in their infancy and even make sounds that recall the googoo-gagas of our own tots.

This short animation gives an overview of the fruit bat. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 27 March 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Y. Prat at Tel Aviv ...