The Evolution of Whale Echolocation

Arguably the most powerful weapon the toothed whales have at their disposal is their ability to echolocate. This video seeks to findo out why and how they developed such a powerful and complicated mechanism for hunting down their prey. To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/MothLightMedia To donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://www.paypal.me/mothlightmedia To buy merchandise: teespring.com/en-GB/stores/moth-light... Email: [email protected] If I have used artwork that belongs to you but have neglected to credit it this will just be because I was unable to find one. If this has happened please contact me and I will add a credit. Some Art work has been altered for the purposes of bettering them for video format; these alterations were done independent from the artists who created the original work, so they are not responsible for any inaccuracies that could have occurred with the changes being made. Sources: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Schematic-Illustration-of-a-dolphins-head-anatomy-Modified-and-adapted-from-Cranford-et_fig1_330838735 https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access-pdfs/a-phenomenon-discovered-while-imaging-dolphin-echolocation-sounds-2155-9910-1000202.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328322989_Bone-conducted_sound_in_a_dolphin's_mandible_Experimental_investigation_of_elastic_waves_mediating_information_on_sound_source_position https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1818532116 https://valleyofthemastodon.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/jeffersoniana-11.pdf https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0059284 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307904405_Simocetus_rayi_Odontoceti_Simocetidae_new_species_new_genus_new_family_a_bizarre_new_archaic_Oligocene_dolphin_from_the_eastern_North_Pacific https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-019-1525-x https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.121139198 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019GC008182 https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/196/4/1637/6598844