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Bats, whales, and bio-sonar: New findings about whales’ foraging behavior reveal surprising evolutionary convergence

Bats, whales, and bio-sonar: New findings about whales’ foraging behavior reveal surprising evolutionary convergence | Science News | Scoop.it
Though they evolved separately over millions of years in different worlds of darkness, bats and toothed whales use surprisingly similar acoustic behavior to locate, track, and capture prey using echolocation, the biological equivalent of sonar.
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New Picture of Bats' Acoustic Sense Emerges | Echolocation & Bat Ears | Sonar Aperture & Bat Navigation | LiveScience

New Picture of Bats' Acoustic Sense Emerges | Echolocation & Bat Ears | Sonar Aperture & Bat Navigation | LiveScience | Science News | Scoop.it
Bats map the world around them using echolocation. New research shows that an echo's strength doesn’t tell bats the size of objects, and instead they use sonar aperture.
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