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What do bats use to located food and navigate?

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Echolocation it is very similar to the way dolphins and whales use echolocation

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Do bats use sound to navigate and to hunt?

they use sound to navigate and FIND there food but not to actually get the food, theyll use there eyes for grabbing berries or animals


What do bats use to navigate its prey?

Echolocation


How are bats and dolphins alike?

Bats and Dolphins both use sound to navigate.


What do bats use to navigate the skies at night and locate their prey?

sound radiation


How do dolphins and bats use sounds to navigate and hunt?

There put their butts in the air


How do bats use sounds to navigate around?

Yes, they do. There hearing ability is like sonar.


What do bats use to navigate in the dark?

Echo location via high frequency sound


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 navigate their surroundings?

They use ultra-sonic clicks to 'echo-navigate' their way around object. It works similar to a ships sonar, and is outside the hearing range of humans.


What senses do the bats use to find food?

Bats use their sense of hearing to find food. They use echolocation similar to dolphins.


Which of these animals uses echolocation to navigate?

Several types of animals use echolocation, including but not limited to: Dolphins Shrews Most bats and most whales. Also, two bird groups use their echolocation to navigate through caves. Echolocation is used by animals who usually can't see very well, or they live in an environment that is hard to see in the first place. (For example, the oceans.) They use it to call out, and the echoes of the calls are used to navigate around in their environment. It's also used to hunt as well as navigate.


What are three methods animals use to navigate?

Bats and dolphins use sonar which uses sound waves.