New research shows that rodents can act like Jedi, moving matter with their voices so that they can change how they smell things around them.
A new study seems to suggest that “Jedi” rodents don’t actually vocalize just to make noises. Instead, the study claims that they vocalize to “shake matter” around them, allowing them to influence how their noses inhale particulates, thus enhancing their smell.
This new discovery is highlighted in a study published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews earlier this month. The researchers involved say that this kind of behavior has never been observed before or even suspected in any animal that we’ve discovered thus far. They also say that the rodents are actually creating new “pathways of information” by using sound to manipulate the environment around them.
