<!-- Please do not remove or change this AfD message until the discussion has been closed. --> {{Article for deletion/dated|page=Charles Jurine|timestamp=20260528122944|year=2026|month=May|day=28|substed=yes|outcome=merging|target=Louis Jurine}} <!-- Once discussion is closed, please place on talk page: {{Old AfD multi|page=Charles Jurine|date=28 May 2026|result='''keep'''}} --> <!-- End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point --> {{short description|Swiss zoologist}} {{No footnotes|date=July 2025}} '''Charles Jurine''' (1751–1819) was a Swiss zoologist who, inspired by a letter by Lazzaro Spallanzani to the Geneva Natural History Society, set about showing that bats used their ears to navigate. He corresponded with Spallanzani, who confirmed his findings but their work was largely ignored until the 20th century when Donald Griffin and G. W. Pierce proposed echolocation.
== Sources == *Griffin, D.R. (1986). ''Listening in the Dark''. Cornell University Press, Ithaca *Houston, R., Parsons, S., Jones, G., and Bennett, A. (2001). ''Biosonar: Seeing with Sound''. www.biosonar.bris.ac.uk (2001). *Pollak, G.D. and Casseday, J.H. (1989). ''The Neural Basis of Echolocation in Bats''. Springer-Verlag, Berlin *Thomas, J.A., Moss, C.F., and Vater, M. (2004). ''In: Echolocation in Bats and Dolphins''. (2004). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago *Jones, K., Jones, G, and Waters, D. (2018) "Echolocation". https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0b6hrl3?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile {{reflist}}
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