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Mary Bates

Mary Bates is a freelance science writer interested in the brains and behavior of animals. She earned her PhD studying bat echolocation and has written for Psychology Today, Scientific American's Mind Matters blog, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. You can follow her onTwitter.

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