Echolocation:clicking for supper

When close to prey, porpoises actively widen their sonar beam, which may make it harder for the prey to escape.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:eLife
Main Author: Tyack, Peter Lloyd
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Phocoena phocoena
Echolocation
Beam directionality
Buzz
Prey capture
Convergent evolution
Online Access:https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/echolocation(386fe154-edbd-43dd-9701-6d15d54e3ee5).html
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07690
https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/6702/1/Tyack_2015_eLife_Clicking_CC.pdf
Description
Summary:When close to prey, porpoises actively widen their sonar beam, which may make it harder for the prey to escape.

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