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How Do Swarming Bats Avoid Crashing Into Each Other? By Jason Bittel, National Geographic Under quest to into each other has been up in the air - until now. Many bat species echolocate, or emit rapid, high-pitched noises and listen to echoes of those sound waves bouncing off potential prey. After observing the bats' flight patterns, scientists this data and put it into a model that simulated how the animals would have used their built-in sonar while flying. This model_ flying bats see the world around them. In doing the a glimpse into how the cover of darkness, swarms of fast-flying bats take to the skies in their nightly food. But how the mammals manage to maneuver crashing 116 the team discovered that the Daubenton's bat uses echolocation for purpose: keeping track of other bats flying in its airspace.These ultrasonic skills allow the bats to both avoid collisions and zero in on a leader bat to follow. some bat pairs appeared to trade the role of leader multiple times in a single flight. And because echolocation can provide information from 360 degrees around, the "lead" the one flying in front. In other words, it is bat was not 119 to lead from behind. Adapted from: Ape​

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The mammals obey “traffic rules,” using their built-in sonar to track each others' positions in the air, a new study says.