Assertion: porpoise | /r/CapableOf | use echolocation
Facets:
value: as their primary sensory system
type: MANNER
value: to find food
type: PURPOSE
value: for finding prey
type: PURPOSE
value: for communication
type: PURPOSE
value: to avoid collision
type: PURPOSE
value: for navigating underwater
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Porpoises use echolocation as their primary sensory system.
text: It is unknown why porpoises become entangled in gill nets, since several studies indicate they are able to detect these nets using their echolocation.
text: Porpoises use echo-location to avoid collision with underwater objects and to find food.
text: Porpoises use echolocation as their primary sensory system.
text: Both dolphins and porpoises use echolocation for navigating underwater, finding food, avoiding predators, and communicating with other members of their species.
text: Porpoises can act in a coordinated fashion even when they are hundreds of feet apart, using echolocation for finding prey and staying together in a pod, but do not use it to communicate as often as dolphins do.
text: Finally, they use echolocation for communication only when necessary, not having idle chat like dolphins have been known to do.
text: It is unknown why porpoises become entangled in gill nets, since several studies indicate they are able to detect these nets using their echolocation.
text: It is unknown why porpoises become entangled in gill nets, since several studies indicate they are able to detect these nets using their echolocation.
text: Both dolphins and porpoises are very intelligent creatures that use echo-location to find food, avoid predators and safely navigate through the water.