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The Dolphin Institute - Resource Guide
Many or all of these things may be important for the dolphin to sense, interpret, and act on to protect or enhance its well-being. To achieve that favorable outcome, ... fish and rooting them out with their snout. Vision Because of their exceptional hearing capabilities, their echolocation sense, and the importance of sound in the underwater world, all dolphins were thought of as ...
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The Dolphin Institute - Dolphin Research Summaries
(E-V matching) or the reverse, with samples presented to the visual sense and alternatives to the echolocation sense (V-E matching). Furthermore, during V-E matching, the dolphin was equally ... placed behind an underwater window. Overall, the results suggested that what a dolphin "sees" through echolocation is functionally similar to what is sees through vision. (C) 1995 Acoustical Society of America ...
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Ocean Alliance - EDUCATION - Whale Education Kit
Information: This first lesson in the WHALE Education Program is designed to give students a sense of enthusiasm about whales. They will hear whale song recordings, watch a movie about whales around ... One reason is that whales possess many traits unique in nature, including vast size, very complex echolocation and communication systems and a tremendous ability to hold their breath and dive to great ...
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Ocean Alliance - EDUCATION - Whale Education Kit
Food web, Diatoms, Primary Producers, Zooplankton Background information: In Lesson Four we explained how whales utilize echolocation to hunt and locate prey, to choose the right direction in which to find a ... this lesson will show your students the importance of this concept and will give students a sense of the fragile ecological balance of nature. Lesson Six will offer solutions and actions that ...
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Dolphin Synergy: THE DANCE OF THE DOLPHINS
The Dolphins always help & gain nothing from the interaction. The Dolphin's primary sense, even though they have excellent eyesight, is their `sonar' or `echolocation'. The familiar Dolphin sounds of clicks & whistles is only the small audible portion of a much vaster wave band of frequencies that can scan at least several ...
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Dolphin - Defenders of Wildlife
Dolphins live in social groups of five to several hundred. They use echolocation to find prey and often hunt together by surrounding a school of fish, trapping them and ... ) Wildlife: Eight Arms to Hold You (Summer 2008) Species Spotlight: Narwhal (Summer 2008) Publications Common Sense Conservation for our Wildlife Heritage (08/08/2008) Joint Letter to House Regarding Oil Speculation ...
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These are the echolocation signals used by dolphins. Was it Flipper? We thought so. We checked. And yes, it was Flipper. ... to wear a blindfold for the rest of their life.' The world of sound is the primary sense for dolphins, and O’Barry believes such sensory deprivation is one of the most damaging aspects of ...
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She immediately seeks a sense of security by swimming to the fence, as close to shore as possible. Ric enters ... of sounds of many different frequencies to explore their ocean environment. With reflected sound, called echolocation or sonar, dolphins can 'see' elements that are invisible for animals -- including humans -- that are ...
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Prevention and control of damage caused by shrews
Shrews have an acute sense of touch, hearing, and smell, with vision playing a relatively minor role. Some species of shrews use a series of high-pitched squeaks for echolocation, much as bats ... wild mammals of Missouri, rev. ed. Univ. Missouri Press, Columbia. 356 pp. Tomasi, T. E. 1979. Echolocation by the short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda. J. Mammal. 60:751-759. Editors Scott E. Hygnstrom ...
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Costa Rica - Vampire Bat
It uses low-intensity calls for echolocation, best suited for the detection of larger objects. Which sense, or which combination of sensory modalities, usually is used to find prey is not yet known. The superior incisors of the vampire are razor sharp and are used to ...
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