Bat Acrobat (IMAGE)

Brown University

Bat Acrobat

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A Brown University-led team strapped microphones onto heads of big brown bats and recorded the sounds they emitted and the echoes that returned to learn how bats detect objects in space and successfully maneuver around them.

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James Simmons Lab, Brown University

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