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Bats and dolphins find their food and navigate through a sensory system called echolocation.
Echolocation is a physiological process for locating distant or invisible objects (such as prey) by emitting sound waves that are reflected back to the emitter by the objects. It is used by an animal to orient itself, avoid obstacles, find food, and interact socially.
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∙ 13y agoThey both use sonar to locate things. The way it works is, they emit sound waves, and anything in close proximity to those waves bounce the waves off and they come back so that the bat/dolphin can hear them. This is how they tell how far away things are, since they don't have very good eyesight.
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∙ 12y agoby smell and eye sight
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How does dolphins locate there food?
Dolphins chase fish, get their sense of direction, and maneuver the ocean through echolocation. Basically, like bats, they send out waves that bounce back and help them navigate, locate prey, and avoid obstacles. They can even use this to locate fish hiding in the sand.
Instruments that use echolocation to locate objects?
Bats - and dolphins. They both use sound waves to find food.
What animal uses echolocation to locate objects?
dolphins bats porpoises and whales
How does locating schools of fish help dolphins?
it helps them locate a direct food source (the fish).
What senses do the bats use to find food?
Bats use their sense of hearing to find food. They use echolocation similar to dolphins.
Why do mammals use echolocation?
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.
How do bats use ultrasound to hunt for their food?
They use echolocation (a form of ultrasonic ranging) to locate their food.
What do you call the technique used by bats to find their way or to locate food?
nucturnal pooh
What is it called when bats, whales, and dolphins emit sound waves and interpret the reflect sound waves as a means to locate objects?
Sonar is a system that locates objects by transmitting sound waves and detecting the waves when they are reflected off of objects. Bats and many other animals, such as whales and dolphins, use natural sonar to navigate and capture
How bottle nosed dolphins get their food?
Bottle nosed dolphins hunt individually and as teams. They locate fish by using echo-location, and are fast and agile swimmers, so they can pursue the fish and and catch it in their teeth.
How are bats and dolphins alike?
Bats and Dolphins both use sound to navigate.
How are bats dolphins and sumbarines simalar?
dolphins ,bats, and submarines all have echo location
