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Shouting into the dark and reading the reply like a map.
means Sensing surroundings by emitting sounds and interpreting the echoes that bounce back from objects.
from Coined in 1944 by zoologist Donald Griffin, fusing echo with location, to explain how bats see with sound.
Not just batsDolphins, whales, and some blind humans do it too.
Self-mutingBats deafen themselves mid-screech to avoid going deaf.
Click paceBats fire over 100 calls per second when closing in.