ickplant@lemmy.worldM to Bats@lemmy.world · 2 months agoBat Fact: Bats have good eyesightlemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up169arrow-down1imageBat Fact: Bats have good eyesightlemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.worldM to Bats@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
Source regarding vision. Source regarding echolocation (TL;DR: fruit bats can click with wings, but it’s really inefficient).
minus-squareTag365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWhy aren’t there bats that can see better than humans that also have echolocation?
minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI’m guessing evolution led to them to develop either good vision or good echolocation for hunting, but not both. Not 100% sure why.
Why aren’t there bats that can see better than humans that also have echolocation?
I’m guessing evolution led to them to develop either good vision or good echolocation for hunting, but not both. Not 100% sure why.