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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: The Secret Life of Bats: Bat Senses

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of an online exhibit on bats, this section focuses on bat senses: sight, olfaction (smell), echolocation, and hearing.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Sperm Whale

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This clear and concise resource on sperm whales includes a diagram and information on its diet and echolocation.
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BBC

Bbc Nature: Megabats

For Students 9th - 10th
Megabats are one of the two types of bats, the others being the insect-eating bats. The megabats are fruit bats, and most species cannot echolocate. Learn more about megabats in this well-constructed overview produced by the BBC. This...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: River Dolphin (Platanistoidea )

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the river dolphin. Discusses the four species and where they are found, physical features, and communication by echolocation.
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Sea World Parks & Entertainment

Sea World: Bottlenose Dolphins

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the characteristics of the bottlenose dolphin, including classification, habitat, behaviors, and conservation.
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Beluga, White Whale

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are some interesting photos of and a detailed fact sheet on the Beluga whale.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: California Leaf Nosed Bat

For Students 4th - 8th
California leaf-nosed bats usually use their sense of sight (rather than echolocation) when they are foraging, and resort to echolocation only in total darkness. They fly slowly, close to the ground or to vegetation, and often take...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Little Brown Bat

For Students 4th - 8th
Echolocation of little brown bats has been well studied since the invention of bat detectors, electronic devices that can "hear" the ultrasonic calls bats make, which are usually beyond the range of human hearing. Little brown bats...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: All About Dolphins

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Dolphin expert Dan Odell answers basic questions about dolphins and their lives.
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Amazon River Dolphin

For Students 9th - 10th
Click here at the British Broadcasting Corporation to learn more about the Amazon river dolphin and to examine some nice photos of them.
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BBC

Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Bottlenose Dolphin

For Students 9th - 10th
Just about everyone has watched a Bottlenose dolphin perform on film or in real life. But what else do you know about them? Read this detailed fact sheet to find out more about the Bottlenose.
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Unique Australian Animals

Unique Australian Animals: Bottlenosed Dolphin

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a personal site from Unique Australian Animals that provides a simple description of a bottlenose dolphin.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Auditory Communication

For Students 3rd - 8th
Describing some of the reasons that animals make sounds, this website gives concrete examples that make acoustic (auditory) communication easy to understand.
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Other

The Dolphin Place

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you're interested in dolphins, then you've come to the right place! Get great information that covers intelligence, physiology, and communication of the dolphin. There are even links to pictures and other sites that contain...

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