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Why do dolphins use sound?

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dolphins send out a click that bounces off of other objects near them. The longer the time to get the vibrations back to the dolphin is how far away the object is in front of them.

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Dolphins use sound to find their way trough the dark underwater and to find there food
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Yess they use ecolocation

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