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Dolphins use echolocation for hunting.

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Is it true that dolphins use echolocation for hunting?

Yes. Multiple reference and peer-reviewed sources state that dolphins use echolocation to detect and locate prey, with some explicitly saying river dolphins use echolocation for hunting.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 9 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 9
Animal echolocation - Wikipedia
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Animal echolocation - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_echolocation

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Dolphins use “packets” of broadband clicks during long range echolocation tasks
2012
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Finneran, J. J. (2012). Dolphins use “packets” of broadband clicks during long range echolocation tasks. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4754908

Encyclopedia of world geography
1994
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Peter, H. (1994). Encyclopedia of world geography. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo05hagg

did-you-know-animals-by-dk-publishing 202510
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did-you-know-animals-by-dk-publishing 202510. (n.d.). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/did-you-know-animals-by-dk-publishing_202510

Encyclopedia of Perception Volume 1 and 2
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Encyclopedia of Perception Volume 1 and 2. (n.d.). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/Encyclopedia_of_Perception_Volume_1_and_2

Groundbreaking research sheds light on how whales and dolphins use sound | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Groundbreaking research sheds light on how whales and dolphins use sound | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. (n.d.). whoi.edu. https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/dolphin-sound/

The Ecological Conditions That Favor Tool Use and Innovation in Wild Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops sp.)
2011
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The Ecological Conditions That Favor Tool Use and Innovation in Wild Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops sp.). (2011). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022243

Do dolphins benefit from nonlinear mathematics when processing their sonar returns?
2012
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Do dolphins benefit from nonlinear mathematics when processing their sonar returns?. (2012). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2012.0247

Instrumenting free-swimming dolphins echolocating in open water
2005
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Instrumenting free-swimming dolphins echolocating in open water. (2005). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1867913

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