How does a bat use echolocation? How fast does a bat chirp travel?
Answered by Diana Lowrey, Archaeologist and Bat Expert, Idaho National Laboratory (This post was originally published on April 15, 2008.) Bats have evolved to have an exceptional navigation system called echolocation, which helps them to find their prey in the dark. Bats make sounds just like we humans make sounds, by expelling air from the…