Bats and Echolocation Contents: Bats and echolocation
Bats - Order “Chiroptera” = Hand Wing Don’t nest in hair Not blind Scaring the bats in the attic Most N. American eat insects - lots TOC
They have the same bones in their hands that we do
Bats - Types Eat: Bugs Frogs Birds Fish Fruit Birds = Diurnal Bats = Nocturnal TOC
Echolocating bat
More echolocators…
Bats Echolocation Bats locate using sound = echolocation Loud as a jackhammer at 20 feet Shut ear flaps Spectrum Orienting call Why sweep? Calculate wavelength Tag Feeding Buzz Tympanic moths Arctiid moths TOC