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Most mammals do not have the ability to use echolocation. The mammals that do are bats and dolphins. They use it to navigate and locate prey even when it is difficult to see (for bats, that is at night and in caves, and for dolphins, it is useful in the water when visibility is reduced.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 6y agoBats, dolphins, and whales use echolocation to find their food and to navigate.
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∙ 12y agoThey emit high-frequency sounds or 'clicks' - these sounds bounce off nearby objects and return (echo) back to the sender. This gives the sender a 'sonic image' of their surroundings.
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∙ 14y agoTo find their prey and any obstacles like other animals. Dolphins and bats use this as a way to catch their prey.
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Does a sugar glider use echolocation?
No. Sugar gliders are not related at all to bats, which are mammals that use echolocation. Echolocation is only required by mammals which actually fly (or marine mammals). Sugar gliders and other members of the glider family are not capable of free flight - they glide.
What are two swimming mammals that use echolocation?
Whales and dolphins.
5 What are two swimming mammals that use echolocation?
All cetaceans use echolocation, and that includes all species of whales and dolphins.
What do bottlenose dolphins and bats have in common?
they both use echolocation and they are both mammals
How do marine mammals communicate?
Echolocation :)
Echolocation is a sort of sonar that all but which of these mammals use to find their way around the dark or to locate food?
Dog
Is bats only birds that use echolocation?
Bats are not birds. Bats are flying mammals. Some birds have a rudimentary echolocation capacity. These birds are the oilbirds of South America, and the cave swiftlets of Asia.
How do you use echolocation in a sentences?
Bats use echolocation.
Use echolocation in a sentence?
"Bats use echolocation to move around." Is a sentence using echolocation
Do a ghost faced bat use echolocation?
Yes they do use echolocation
What do most bats use echolocation for?
Bats use echolocation to identify objects and where it is.
What is echolocation on bats?
Echolocation is when you use sound to locate where something is. Bats use it.
