1. Bats and Echolocation
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Bats and echolocation

2. Bats - Order “Chiroptera” = Hand Wing
Don’t nest in hair
Not blind
Scaring the bats in the attic
Most N. American eat insects - lots
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3. They have the same bones in their hands that we do

4. Bats - Types Eat: Bugs Frogs Birds Fish Fruit Birds = Diurnal Bats =
Nocturnal
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5. Echolocating bat

6. More echolocators…

7. 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
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