How do Dolphins use Echolocation?

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WHAT IS ECHOLOCATION?

    Echolocation is a process that permits dolphins to send out sound waves that when they hit an object, are bounced back, allowing them to identify the location, shape, and size of such object.
    The amount of time it takes for the sound waves to come back help them to determine the distance, as it takes longer the sound waves to return when there is more distance between the dolphin and that given object.
    Echolocation or biosonar is the ability of some animals to locate objects through sound waves, that is, sounds. Many animals, including odontocete cetaceans and some bats, make use of echolocation to orient themselves and detect prey.
    The process of evolution of dolphins gave them this ability that allowed them to survive in the aquatic environment. In water, the sound waves travel 4.5 times faster than in the air, so echolocation is the perfect resource that facilitates their survival.

WHY DOLPHINS USE ECHOLOCATION?

     Dolphins need echolocation to navigate, locate prey, hunt, protect themselves from predators in murky waters or where there is no sunlight and to communicate. In fact, in deep dark waters, their sense of sight is almost nil, but they do not need it because they can detect and chase fast prey through the emission of sounds.

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