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Thanks. But did the reflections off the man create the image or did the dolphin create it after the man was gone?
by mrfusion 5y ago
Thanks. But did the reflections off the man create the image or did the dolphin create it after the man was gone?
- akomtu 5y agoI think it's the former: dolphins use echolocation to "take pictures" if the objects in front of them, encode the reflected echo into sound and transmit this sound to other dolphins.
- brokenmachine 5y agoI don't think they transmit it to other dolphins. They make the clicks and hear the reflections, and their brain uses that to know what's there. Interestingly some blind humans can do the same thing. There's no transmitting to other dolphins though.