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Bats and death metal singers have more in common than a love of the dark. A new study has found that some of bats lower frequency calls appear to use a technique similar to death metal growling.

A new study looked at how bats make an impressive array of sounds spanning seven octaves, more than any other known animal. Researchers found that the bats tap into a structure called false vocal folds, which are also used by human death metal singers to produce deep guttural growls.

A hilarious outcome of a study revealed that bats greet each other with ‘death-metal growls’ and that they have a vocal range that surpasses most humans.

Bats are extreme when it comes to sound production and have a greater vocal range than singers like Mariah Carey and Prince, a new study suggests.

Gotham/Getty ImagesA new study about singing bats is turning a few heads mainly because it suggests bats have a better...

Death metal fans might just have a new mascot.

Study: Bats have a vocal range of seven octaves, while most humans only have a range of three.

Daubenton’s bats use false vocal folds in their throat to produce a lower frequency grunt for communication – the same structure that lets death metal singers growl

According to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Coen Elemans at the University of Southern Denmark and colleagues, bats use unique regions in the larynx to create high-frequency echolocation calls and lower-frequency social cries

The findings emerged by scientists who were studying how bats produce high frequency sounds for echolocation.