Bats use a process called echolocation to locate and catch prey. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
This is called echolocation, and we should not be surprised that bats have such large ears in relation to their overall size. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
Human echolocation is not really new. From Wordnik.com. [7 People From Around the World With Real Mutant Superpowers | Disinformation] Reference
Unless they have some kind of echolocation mechanism. ". From Wordnik.com. [Flinx In Flux]
Blind boy uses echolocation to 'see' world ». From Wordnik.com. [Mind Hacks: Directing dreams with sky orchestras] Reference
Mind Hacks: Blind boy uses echolocation to 'see' world. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Hacks: Blind boy uses echolocation to 'see' world] Reference
Well they don't make any noise, that is all echolocation. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Hacks: Blind boy uses echolocation to 'see' world] Reference
Years later, I found out what was happening: echolocation. From Wordnik.com. [Science, Some Strange] Reference
Their echolocation sonar is far beyond our military science. From Wordnik.com. [Brenda Peterson: Japan: Stop Killing Our Evolutionary Elders and Help Save Our Oceans] Reference
“There is no fossil record of bat echolocation evolving.”. From Wordnik.com. [The true origin of "intelligent design" - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Link to People, More on human echolocation here and here posted in. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: July 16, 2006 - July 22, 2006 Archives] Reference
Man has more of this power of echolocation than he usually suspects. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
These days, I don't do well at echolocation without the hearing aid. From Wordnik.com. [Another Day in the Ketchup Mine] Reference
But their hearing and echolocation is the greatest almost of any animal. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2004] Reference
Molecular evidence regarding the origin of echolocation and flight in bats. From Wordnik.com. [We flightless primates] Reference
The most famous of these echolocation users is the American, Ben Underwood. From Wordnik.com. [Five Superpowers People Can Really Have | myFiveBest] Reference
But, few people have been able to take echolocation as far as Ben Underwood. From Wordnik.com. [7 People From Around the World With Real Mutant Superpowers | Disinformation] Reference
Do bats use their ultrasonic echolocation calls to recognise their own species?. From Wordnik.com. [August 13th, 2007] Reference
From the more prosaic ones like super-strength to Daredevil-style echolocation. From Wordnik.com. [“But that’s not realistic!!!” « Geek Related] Reference
Hmmm… Did ears in mammals arise prior to or after bats acquired echolocation?. From Wordnik.com. [Cornelius Hunter/Burt Humburg Debate - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
SONAR was developed without knowledge of echolocation, yet has similar features. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Dennett: Intelligent design? Show me the science - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The study explains how bats use echolocation for more than just spatial knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [Bats Recognize The Individual Voices Of Other Bats | Impact Lab] Reference
In the kingdom of the morally blind, this guy would have the echolocation of a bat. From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: Are you happy now, Spicoli?] Reference
(There is also the possibility of echolocation, something I discuss on pages 262 ff.). From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
The echolocation signals she sends alert her to those with only the highest quality blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Russian and the Room, 10] Reference
The grendels hunted by echolocation, but they were also sensitive to light and perhaps even heat. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Hunt]
Light is much more efficient than even the most ultrasonic of life-produced sound in echolocation. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
"Because bats can detect objects with echolocation, they seldom collide with man-made structures.". From Wordnik.com. [Law of unintended consequences, again] Reference
Then there's "facial vision" (human echolocation) and synesthesias to make it all more complicated. From Wordnik.com. [March 10th, 2006] Reference
If one didn't know much about bats or dolphins, echolocation would be an unfamiliar and strange process. From Wordnik.com. [Reliabilism] Reference
The noise in the Yangtze was a major problem for the dolphins, and severely interfered with their echolocation. From Wordnik.com. [Last Chance to See]
This owl, if he's out for a mouse or rat in this room, he can hunt them with echolocation without ever seeing it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2009] Reference
"We have been copying what bats are doing in terms of echolocation for navigation in the dark and collision avoidance.". From Wordnik.com. [Keith Thomson: One Way to Find bin Laden] Reference
So, both wing morphology and echolocation style indicate that Greater noctules chase and catch flying prey in the open. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
It has incredibly acute hearing, and 'sees' by echolocation, emitting sequences of tiny clicks and listening for the echoes. From Wordnik.com. [Last Chance to See]
He has studied the songs of humpback whales, the signature whistles of dolphins and the echolocation pulses of sperm whales and dolphins. From Wordnik.com. [TEDTalks: Peter Tyack: The Intriguing Sound of Marine Mammals] Reference
Shar might be the expert on Gates here, but that was something he could do, though it was a tricky bit of work, and akin to echolocation. From Wordnik.com. [The Chrome Borne]
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