Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Fruit bat's echolocation may work like sophisticated surveillance sonar

02/14/2018 11:53 AM EST

3-D mesh of a fruit bat's head

High-speed recordings of Egyptian fruit bats in flight show that instead of using a primitive form of echolocation, these animals actually use a technique recently developed by humans for surveillance and navigation.


Full story at http://www.washington.edu/news/2018/02/07/fruit-bats-echolocation-may-work-like-sophisticated-surveillance-sonar/

Source
University of Washington


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