'Zen' bats hit their target by not aiming at it

New research conducted at the University of Maryland's bat lab shows Egyptian fruit bats find a target by NOT aiming their guiding sonar directly at it. Instead, they alternately point the sound beam to either side of the target. The new findings by researchers from Maryland and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel suggest that this strategy optimises the bats' ability to pinpoint the location of a target, but also makes it harder for them to detect a target in the first place...

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