echolocation

id: GO:0050959
name: echolocation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Echolocation is the method used by some animals (e.g. bats, dolphins and some whales) to determine the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it. These animals emit sound waves and listen for the echo, calculating the distance to the object from the time lapse between sound emission and the echo returning.

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