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As Schevill (introduction to McBride, 1956) has pointed out, the original ideas about cetacean echolocation were based on observations of the porpoises’ ability to avoid obstacles in turbid waters. McBride (1956) noted that although porpoises (Tursiops truncatus) avoided fine mesh nets, by either rolling over the corkline or swimming directly through any openings in the net, they would charge larger mesh nets (24 cm) and were easily caught.
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Moore, P.W.B. (1980). Cetacean Obstacle Avoidance. In: Busnel, RG., Fish, J.F. (eds) Animal Sonar Systems. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 28. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7254-7_5
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