Recently, scientists have located a gene in which both dolphins and bats possess. Both are able to use echo location as a hearing tool. It is unique to see two very different enviornment based animals possess the same gene.
The gene has even mutated in the same in both animals. There is still an on going search to fully understand echolocation and how animals can hear such high frequency sounds. Humans have, over time, lost the ablity to hear these frequencies.
This article seemed very interesting seeing as how we were just discussing evolution in our last lecture. This article helps to support the idea of evolution. I also found it interesting that both bats and dolphins have the same amino acid in their genes to use acho location the same way as one other seeing as how one lives under water.
Nicole.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the article. It makes sense that two echo location using animals would possess the same gene. It is neat to look back and see where and when these two animals could descend from the same gene pool.
That's kind of weird, but understandable. It never really crossed my mind that they use similar types of sonar.
ReplyDeleteThe article was good...I found it very interesting that two animals who's enviornment is completely different, one being on land and the other being in the ocean can both communicate with the same echo location.
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