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Bats can see using their eyes and are not blind.

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Is it true that bats can see using their eyes and are not blind?

Yes. Multiple authoritative sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey and a Current Biology review, state that bats are not blind and have eyes with sensitive vision, though their acuity differs from humans.

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Are bats blind? | U.S. Geological Survey
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Are bats blind? | U.S. Geological Survey. (n.d.). usgs.gov. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/are-bats-blind

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Bats: Vision or echolocation, why not both? -
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Bats: Vision or echolocation, why not both? - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.049

Ultraviolet Vision May be Widespread in Bats
2015
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P., M. G., M., C. P., & C., D. D. (2015). Ultraviolet Vision May be Widespread in Bats. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13458248

National Geographic Book of Mammals
1981
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National Geographic Book of Mammals. (1981). books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=tkjhAAAAMAAJ&dq=Bats+can+see+using+their+eyes+and+are+not+blind.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

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