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Facts about Echolocation in Dolphins
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Each dolphin produces a highly individualized click pattern, allowing researchers to distinguish individual animals by their echolocation signals.
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By emitting rapid bursts of clicks and analyzing the echoes, dolphins can detect objects as small as a few centimeters at distances of over 100 meters.
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The echolocation clicks produced by dolphins can reach frequencies of up to 150 kilohertz, far beyond the range of human hearing.
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Returning echolocation clicks are received partly through a dolphin's lower jaw, which conducts sound vibrations to the inner ear.
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Dolphins produce echolocation clicks in their nasal passages and focus the sound through a fatty organ in their forehead called the melon.