Question

Some populations of bats live in areas with high levels of noise pollution, such as near heavily trafficked bridges. How might the hunting behavior of bats be affected by such an environment?

Answer 1

Bats emit ultrasonic sound waves which reflects back after hitting the prey and is received by the bat therefore the bat's brain is able to detect and locate the prey by interpreting the waves like a SONAR so in case of noise pollution the echoes may be disturbed reducing the hunting efficiency of the bat's