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echolocating bat Bats use sound to find their food and navigate in the dark. They send out high frequency clicks and listen for the echoes to locate their prey. These bat sounds are too high for humans to hear, so scientists use bat detectors to transpose the clicks to a lower frequency.
View Echolocation Animation

Click on each bat's photo see a larger image and to hear its echolocation clicks and view a sonogram.
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Myotis Bat Western
        Pipistrelle Bat Western
        Mastiff Bat
Myotis Bat Western Pipistrelle Western Mastiff
Big Brown Bat Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Big Brown Bat Mexican Free-tail


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