A bat is blind. But doesn't it still have eyes?
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yes it has eyes but those eyes dont do anything they find there way by smell and touch
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bats actually are not blind
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There are more than 900 species of bats occur worldwide. Bats are not blind. For example, flying fox bats have very good eyesight and they use their eyes along with their excellent sense of smell to help find food in the dark. Bats' eyes are better at seeing in the dark. Most see objects only in black and white, but color vision is known to exist in some old world fruit bats. pallid bats have good eyesight and a strong sense of smell. The little brown myotis eyes perform better in dim light than in bright light. This is just to name a few,
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Bats are not blind. In fact most have very good night vision. But their echolocation system is very highly developed and those that hunt insects rely mostly on IT to locate their prey. http://www.factmonster.com/spot/kidsbats.html
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