Blind as bats: Echolocation study reveals key evolutionary trade-offs with other senses
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 - 17:01
in Biology & Nature
Among the most fascinating evolutionary adaptations has been the development of echolocation in bats. But to develop their unique sonar system for exploring caves in the dark, what evolutionary tradeoffs occurred between their other senses like smell, vision and hearing, i.e. to be blind as a bat?