Blindfolded bats can navigate solely with echolocation

"Blind as a bat" is a cute but zoologically inaccurate simile. All bats have some vision, and some can even perceive ultraviolet light. A new study investigated whether "blind" bats could still find their way back home.

Bats have visual, magnetic, and olfactory senses in addition to echolocation. — Read the rest

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