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. 2013 Mar 18;23(6):R249-51.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.016.

Sensory biology: listening in the dark for echoes from silent and stationary prey

Gareth Jones  1
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Sensory biology: listening in the dark for echoes from silent and stationary prey

Gareth Jones. Curr Biol. .
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New research shows how bats use echolocation unexpectedly to detect silent and stationary prey in darkness. Bats may use acoustic search images to identify potential prey when prey-generated noises, visual and olfactory cues are absent.

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