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- noun informal, biology
echolocation in animals
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What initially was a rudimentary echolocating ability to find hard-bodied nautiloids in surface waters 40 million years ago was perfected, as nautiloids declined, into a refined biosonar system able to find soft-bodied squid as they migrate downward during the day.
September 5th, 2007 2007
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Sperm whales, dolphins and other "toothed" whales hunt squid so deep in the ocean they must rely on biosonar.
September 5th, 2007 2007
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PAUL ROBINSON, DOLPHINS CARETAKER: OK, well biosonar basically they have this -- this is what we refer to small.
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Unscientific text entry speed testing reveals surprising results Our live coverage of the Apple 'latest creation' event starts Wednesday, January 27th AMD launches new Phenom II and Athlon II CPUs right onto the test bench Bat echolocation: 3-D imaging differentiates how various bats generate biosonar signals Ultrasound plus proteomic blood analyses may help physicians diagnose early-stage ovarian cancer China Retaliates in Google War, Denounces U.S.
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Unscientific text entry speed testing reveals surprising results Our live coverage of the Apple 'latest creation' event starts Wednesday, January 27th AMD launches new Phenom II and Athlon II CPUs right onto the test bench Bat echolocation: 3-D imaging differentiates how various bats generate biosonar signals Ultrasound plus proteomic blood analyses may help physicians diagnose early-stage ovarian cancer China Retaliates in Google War, Denounces U.S.
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"This work is an important step forward in echolocation research because for years, scientists have been searching for a mechanism that would allow echolocating animals to a have a neural representation of their outgoing biosonar sounds for future comparison with reflected echoes of the sounds, and this anatomical discovery may be that mechanism," says Faure.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"This work is an important step forward in echolocation research because for years, scientists have been searching for a mechanism that would allow echolocating animals to a have a neural representation of their outgoing biosonar sounds for future comparison with reflected echoes of the sounds, and this anatomical discovery may be that mechanism," says Faure.
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Unscientific text entry speed testing reveals surprising results Our live coverage of the Apple 'latest creation' event starts Wednesday, January 27th AMD launches new Phenom II and Athlon II CPUs right onto the test bench Bat echolocation: 3-D imaging differentiates how various bats generate biosonar signals Ultrasound plus proteomic blood analyses may help physicians diagnose early-stage ovarian cancer China Retaliates in Google War, Denounces U.S.
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"This work is an important step forward in echolocation research because for years, scientists have been searching for a mechanism that would allow echolocating animals to a have a neural representation of their outgoing biosonar sounds for future comparison with reflected echoes of the sounds, and this anatomical discovery may be that mechanism," says Faure.
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"This work is an important step forward in echolocation research because for years, scientists have been searching for a mechanism that would allow echolocating animals to a have a neural representation of their outgoing biosonar sounds for future comparison with reflected echoes of the sounds, and this anatomical discovery may be that mechanism," says Faure.
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