Scientists have captured a picture that they say shows how dolphins see the world around them using echolocation.
Jack Kassewitz, the founder of the research organization Speak Dolphin, says he came up with the process to replicate echolocation.
“When a dolphin scans an object with its high-frequency sound beam, each short click captures a still image, similar to a camera taking photographs,” Kassewitz explained in a statement.
Echolocation is when dolphins produce short broad-spectrum burst-pulses, which sound like clicks, that are channeled at certain places. The sound waves that are then reflected from objects of interest provide information to the creatures.
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