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The Dolphin's Sonar

Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus A dolphin surfs the wake of a research boat on the Banana River - near the Kennedy Space Center. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons @NASA

Like bats, dolphins use echolocation to navigate and hunt. They emit a series of clicks, then listen for the echoes to determine the location and nature of objects in their environment. Dolphins' sonar is so precise that they can distinguish between different types of fish and detect a fish's size and distance.

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