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From The Times of India via USVI News: Science News: Bats rely on echolocation to move through the dark and hunt insects. They send out high-pitched sound waves that bounce off nearby objects and return.

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- Scientists found that Japanese horseshoe bats living together in crowded colonies solve a noisy sonar problem by gradually shifting their echolocation calls to match each other's frequency

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How bats use sound to 'see'

A different echolocation

When many bats use similar calls

'Silent spectral window'

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