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Evidence for echolocation in harbour seals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Deane Renouf ,
Gerald Galway  and
Linda Gaborko
Deane Renouf
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X9
Gerald Galway
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X9
Linda Gaborko
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X9
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Evidence is given which suggests that harbour seals use some form of echolocation. When visual cues are reduced, these seals make click vocalizations similar to those of animals which are known to echolocate. They are able to find live fish in total darkness, producing clicks while doing so.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 60 , Issue 4 , November 1980 , pp. 1039 - 1042
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1980

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