Bats and Echolocation Contents: Bats and echolocation
Bats - Order “Chiroptera” = Hand Wing TOC Don’t nest in hair Not blind Scaring the bats in the attic Most N. American eat insects - lots
They have the same bones in their hands that we do
Bats - Types TOC Eat: Bugs Frogs Birds Fish Fruit Birds = Diurnal Bats = Nocturnal
Echolocating bat
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Bats Echolocation TOC 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