Echolocating bats navigate with echolocation

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Study shows bats have acoustic cognitive maps

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Bats possess an acoustic cognitive map of their home range, enabling them to navigate over kilometer-scale distances using echolocation alone.

The finding was demonstrated by researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior , the Cluster of Excellence Center for the Advanced Study of Collective Behavior at the University of Konstanz, Germany .

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