I Met Signal Tag Fly by Echolocation

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Batyana Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Origin:
Alberta, Canada
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Please move me along as much as possible for Halloween!

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Signal Tag - Batyana

Did you know that it is a myth that bats are BLIND?

Bats are not blind; in fact they can see almost as well as humans. But to fly around and hunt for insects in the dark, they use a remarkable high frequency system called echolocation.

Echolocation works in a similar way to sonar. Bats make calls as they fly and listen to the returning echoes to build up a sonic map of their surroundings. The bat can tell how far away something is by how long it takes the sounds to return to them.

These calls are usually pitched at a frequency too high for adult humans to hear naturally. Human hearing ranges from approximately 20Hz (cycles per second) to 15 to 20 kHz (1000Hz) depending on age. In comparison, some bats can hear sounds up to 110 kHz in frequency. By emitting a series of often quite loud ultrasounds that either sweep from a high to low frequency or vary around a frequency, bats can distinguish objects and their insect prey and therefore avoid the object or catch the insect.

Individual bat species echolocate within specific frequency ranges that suit their environment and prey types. This means that we can identify many bats simply by listening to their calls with bat detectors. (source: bats.org.uk)

Echolocation has also been adapted by humans (Daniel Kish) who are visually impaired.  

 

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Tracking History (7476.3mi) View Map

Dropped Off 6/8/2020 DIGGEMUP placed it in Cown Edge East Midlands, United Kingdom - 52.31 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/20/2020 DIGGEMUP took it to #3.Never Smile at a Crocodile East Midlands, United Kingdom - 23.82 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/19/2020 DIGGEMUP retrieved it from Motorway Mayhem J27 TB hotel - Pets Welcome 🐢🐍🐷 East Midlands, United Kingdom   Visit Log

I didn't use echolocation to find this one, just a gps unit. I will move it along soon.
Dropped Off 3/15/2020 elmowhitehead placed it in Motorway Mayhem J27 TB hotel - Pets Welcome 🐢🐍🐷 East Midlands, United Kingdom - 11.05 miles  Visit Log

Dropping off in our Pet friendly hotel, safe travels.
Visited 3/14/2020 elmowhitehead took it to V.I.P. Nightclub East Midlands, United Kingdom   Visit Log
Visited 3/14/2020 elmowhitehead took it to V.I.P. Nightclub East Midlands, United Kingdom   Visit Log
Visited 3/14/2020 elmowhitehead took it to V.I.P. Nightclub East Midlands, United Kingdom - .74 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/14/2020 elmowhitehead took it to Grumpy Hits A Birdie East Midlands, United Kingdom - 2.88 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/14/2020 elmowhitehead took it to 🐭 Mousetrap 🧀 East Midlands, United Kingdom - 4.78 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/14/2020 elmowhitehead took it to Twinkle Twinkle Little Cub East Midlands, United Kingdom - .48 miles  Visit Log
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