SO: v5 (Second Timers)

DOLPHIN SONAR:   When a dolphin sends out sonar,  it hears the returning sonar through a receiving membrane near its blowhole.

DOLPHIN SONAR: A dolphin can launch their 500+ pound muscle mass 28 feet out of the water.

DOLPHIN SONAR:   The guidance system of dolphins is mind-boggling complex and makes our nuclear submarine’s  control centers look primitive by comparison.

DOLPHIN SONAR:   In complete darkness, dolphins can detect a pingpong ball a football field away using only their sonar!

DOLPHIN SONAR:   At 18 feet, dolphins can tell the difference between two balls that differ in width by less than the thickness of an apple!  

DOLPHIN SONAR:  A dolphin’s sonar starts with a sonar blast that leaves the middle of its head that is as loud as a shotgun being fired 6” from your ear.

DOLPHIN SONAR: This huge ultrasonic blast leaves the dolphin’s jaw at a maximum of 600 pulses a second.

DOLPHIN SONAR:   These sonar pulses are focused, aimed and constantly adjusted.

DOLPHIN SONAR:   When prey is far away the sonar beams are focused tightly like you would a mini-mag flashlight.  This gives a powerful enough blast to cover the distance and be reflected at a detectable level. 

DOLPHIN SONAR:    As the prey is closed in on, sonic blasts speed up incredibly, the beams narrow, the ears adjust, and the pulses change–all coordinated to the thousandths of a second.