Echolocation is the ability of some animals to use sound to find food. Some animals, like whales, use echolocation to find food in the water.
Echolocation is a very important tool for hunting.
Echolocation is used to determine the size and shape of objects.
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determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it
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In this way, reflection seismology is similar to sonar and echolocation.
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Compare location and locate, and echolocation and echolocate.
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Bats use echolocation to detect their prey and home in on it.
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Examples include echolocation of bats and dolphins and insect antennae.
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He is also known for studies of echolocation in porpoises and humans.
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The Noctule uses two main call types for echolocation.
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Au's first paper on the echolocation of dolphins surprised a few people.
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Bats are able to detect if the flowers have nectar using echolocation.
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It is the only bat in the New World to use Doppler shift echolocation.
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One method that is looking promising is monitoring the bats echolocation calls.