Could bat echolocation work underwater?

Question

Also- would being in muddy/murky water make this less effective?

Answer 1

Unfortunately for the bat, it would drown, so no.  

If you mean echolocation in general, then yes.  That's what dolphins use, and it's also the basis for SONAR.

Answer 2

a bat would not be able to hear it's echos or produce them as efficiantly as a dolphin, or whale, because the bat ears are made for air and will not work as well under water, neither would it's vocal chords because those were made for air too.

a dolphin has a section of it's head devoted to echolocation(it's fatty and made to manipulate the sounds the dolphins make,in the front right on top of it's nose)the sound goes into the water directly from it's forehead.  and i think dolphin's eardrums are directly on the side of it's head(hear better underwater)

so no it wouldn't work. but murky water does not matter.(not by sight but by sound they are guided)there are dolphins in the amazon who get around just fine...

Answer 3

echolocation works underwater.  Animals that use are dolphins and whales. usually used for hunting and mating calls and it is very useful because sound travels pretty fast in water (but fastest in solids) where vision is sometimes limited.  also, submarines use it because they need to be able to keep track of their location at all times and look out for obstacles while they are travelling.

as for "bat" echolocation  i don't know if it would work underwater because bats are not underwater animals but i hope this helps you out.

also echolocation probably wouldn't work so well in mud because there would be too many things for the echolocation to bounce off of but it would still kind of work... just not as well.