I Sense Dinner Is Ready We should all be lucky enough to have
the sense of a bat, at least their auditory sense. If we did,
we'd never lose glasses, keys, or anything else. All we'd have
to do is stand in the middle of a room and hum or click our
tongues to locate the things we misplace. Of all the bats in the
world, a sub-order of the species called microchiroptera, have a
special skill known as echolocation. This sound/audio sense is
used by more than 800 varieties of bats in the sub-order. If you
start out with the right type of bamboo for your temperatures,
soil composition and moisture, you can soon be enjoying a lush,
"exotic" greenery that will grow and spread faster than you
could ever have imagined. Each variety will issue its own
peculiar vocal signals, that we will never hear, because they
are in a KHz range that is beyond the human ear. Depending on
the species, the bat's own auditory system may be geared to a
specific range such as the 60-61KHz bracket used by the
moustached bat. Like human ears,