• Question: You are blind is that right ?

    Asked by arshia hajiantehrani to Daubenton's bat on 9 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Daubenton's Bat

      Daubenton's Bat answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      I can actually see almost as well as humans. It’s a myth that bats are blind, but at night my hearing is more important than my vision. I use ‘echolocation’, a special sonar system so that I can find things by shouting out and listening for the returning echoes.

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