Bats@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Bat Fact: Bats have good eyesight

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Bat Fact: Bats have good eyesight

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Bats@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Source regarding vision.
Source regarding echolocation (TL;DR: fruit bats can click with wings, but it’s really inefficient).

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Wait… nasal echolocation ?
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  Yes! Bats that have fleshy “leaves” on their faces tend to echolocate nasally. The things I learn while running this community 😂
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    Neat!

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