ANIMALS / EVIDENCE FILE 01
Bats are blind
Myth busted
Bats can see. Many species also use echolocation to locate food in the dark.
The bit that matters
- Visual ability and reliance on echolocation vary by species.
Follow the evidence
Research and a separate source check inform this explanation. Keep the qualifications with the fact.
- Bats Resource Brief (opens in a new tab)
National Park Service, Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center · Retrieved 2026-10-16
The brief explicitly rejects blindness and describes eyesight alongside echolocation used to find food.
One discovery leads to another.
Claim version 1 · Evidence reviewed 16 October 2026 · No historical origin is asserted without evidence.