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All About Bio-Acoustics: What is in Lake Champlain?
Date and Time
Sunday Jul 12, 2009
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM EDT7 pm
Location
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 4472 Basin Harbor Rd
Fees/Admission
Free
Website
Contact Information
, 802-475-2022
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Elizabeth von Muggenthaler, Director of the Faunal Communications Research Institute in North Carolina, will present research on animal communications and, in particular, her findings of echolocation in Lake Champlain. Echolocation is used for finding food, obstacles to avoid and for communication. The only known aquatic animals that echolocate are dolphins and whales. In 2003, Fauna Communications found the first evidence of freshwater lake echolocation. The echolocation signal under analysis is similar to beluga whale, dolphin and killer whale echolocation, yet different enough so that they cannot make a positive identification. Using advanced acoustic equipment it was found that the three different creatures recorded in Lake Champlain were approximately 15 feet long, and trolled at 5 knots.
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