Bats are not deaf, quite the contrary actually. Bats can hear very well, and actually have very sensitive ears that help them navigate in the dark, find food, and survive. These animals use a technique called echolocation in order to locate objects and prey by sending out streams of high pitched sounds through their mouth or nose. Once these signals are sent out, they bounce off of nearby objects and send an echo back to the winged creature. Bats then “read” these echoes in order to determine the location, distance, size, shape, and texture of an object. They can even use echolocation to tell if an insect is edible or not.
Lil says
Hey Hon I have never heard your saying deaf as a bat. I looked it up and found it very interesting. You are correct that they have a sonar hearing but that gives them extremely precise hearing. These sayings are so crazy remember how jason made fun of us at his stand up comedy show at the H.S.? Anyway thought you would find this interesting. XOX