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How fast can bats repeat echolocation pulses during the final stage of an insect chase?
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Livingstone's fruit bat (Pteropus livingstonii) in flight.
During the terminal phase of an insect chase, bats increase their pulse output significantly to facilitate final interception maneuvers. In this stage, they emit extremely short pulses that are repeated as rapidly as 200 or more times per second.1