Re: animal sound localization

[Chris Clark <cwc2@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bats!
owls are passive locators - so be sure you differentiate between these
two mechanisms.

... and you are asking about scientific
examples of such. FYI - There are observations of large whales
doing things - like counter-calling over long distances and then joining
up - that seem to have an explanation in this domain. Some of these have
been scientifically validated by playback experiments, but these are not
able to test vertical acuity. Whales also find food resources through
either active or passive acoustic localization in 3-space.

chris

At 04:38 PM 10/30/2007, D.W. Smith wrote:
> Tyto alba, the barn
> owl.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception
> [
> mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Keith
> Branstetter
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:25 PM
> To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: animal sound localization
>
> Hello.
>
> Are there any examples of an animal (besides a dolphin) who can
> localize
> sound sources in the vertical plane with the same (or similar or
> better)
> acuity as the horizontal plane?
>
> Are there any references to such a finding?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
>
> Brian Branstetter
> NRC postdoc
> US Navy marine mammal program

Dr. Christopher W. Clark, I.P. Johnson Director
Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Senior Scientist, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Cornell University
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