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A dog without eyes barks and uses echolocation


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GPFontaine
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PostPosted: Oct 29 2010 04:26 pm Reply with quote Back to top

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Rowan, a German Spitz, barks and then listens to the echoes to help him tell where he is in relation to his surroundings.

Owner Sam Orchard, 41, was shocked when a congenital defect caused Rowan to be born without eyes.

But the 18-month-old is now almost indistinguishable from a sighted dog after learning to navigate using his barks.

http://swns.com/blind-german-spitz-dog-uses-echoes-to-find-his-way-round-291142.html



 
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PostPosted: Oct 29 2010 04:42 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Humans can use echolocation as well.


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Ice2SeeYou
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PostPosted: Oct 29 2010 04:50 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Well Germans were the first to invent radar, where they not? Or was it the British? Pretty sure it was one of those two.


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PostPosted: Oct 29 2010 05:09 pm Reply with quote Back to top

A German guy was the first to discover the effects of radar, but it wasn't until 30 years later that it was invented and the acronym established at the beginning of WWII.


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Doddsino
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PostPosted: Oct 29 2010 06:30 pm Reply with quote Back to top

So I can only assume the dog is continually barking if it's running around?
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Atma
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PostPosted: Oct 29 2010 09:41 pm Reply with quote Back to top

joshwoodzy wrote:
A German guy was the first to discover the effects of radar, but it wasn't until 30 years later that it was invented and the acronym established at the beginning of WWII.

It can be argued that the Italians created the theory of Radar before anything, as far back as the 1790's they were studying how Bats could travel in the Dark without any trouble.

They made me study all this shit when going through School to be a Radar Operator for the Navy.
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PostPosted: Oct 30 2010 12:16 am Reply with quote Back to top

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PostPosted: Oct 30 2010 02:28 am Reply with quote Back to top

Doddsino wrote:
So I can only assume the dog is continually barking if it's running around?

Ha ha yeah really. Also:



 
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PostPosted: Oct 30 2010 01:51 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Hahahahaha, that shit is too funny. Homer's shiftless face.

Anyways, the fact that it uses "echo location" is almost a non-issue IMO, as their sense of smell is much more effective way of knowing their surroundings and getting around. I think the barking helps, but the sense of smell helps him navigate more.


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PostPosted: Oct 30 2010 09:20 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Andrew Man wrote:
Anyways, the fact that it uses "echo location" is almost a non-issue IMO, as their sense of smell is much more effective way of knowing their surroundings and getting around. I think the barking helps, but the sense of smell helps him navigate more.

This.
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Atma
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PostPosted: Oct 31 2010 01:16 am Reply with quote Back to top

Andrew Man wrote:
Hahahahaha, that shit is too funny. Homer's shiftless face.

Anyways, the fact that it uses "echo location" is almost a non-issue IMO, as their sense of smell is much more effective way of knowing their surroundings and getting around. I think the barking helps, but the sense of smell helps him navigate more.

My mom has a Min-pin which is blind, she uses peppermint extract smell around the dog door, and near his food bowl. Then she uses orange extract on the chair legs and bar stools and whatever things that can be in the path, and he navigates just fine off those smells. Pretty smart.
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PostPosted: Oct 31 2010 02:19 am Reply with quote Back to top

Shucks, Atma. That's cool.


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GPFontaine
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PostPosted: Oct 31 2010 10:55 am Reply with quote Back to top

Its cool until she drops one of the bottles of extract and the dog has no clue what is going on.



 
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Atma
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PostPosted: Nov 01 2010 10:23 am Reply with quote Back to top

GPFontaine wrote:
Its cool until she drops one of the bottles of extract and the dog has no clue what is going on.

Hahaha yeah.

Hes knows his way around the house well enough now. My parents can't move anything around though or the poor lil fella walks face first into something. All in all, you're just another brick in the wall.
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