Bats navigate cluttered environments by interpreting patterns in echo changes—known as acoustic flow velocity—rather than analyzing individual echoes. Experiments show bats adjust their speed based on ...
This is a summary of: Forli, A. & Yartsev, M. M. Hippocampal representation during collective spatial behaviour in bats. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023 ...
But a new study sheds light on this question. It reveals that bats don’t just listen to echoes the way we once thought, but also use something called acoustic flow velocity to judge their speed and ...