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Fruit bats are the only bats that can't use echolocation. Now we're closer to knowing why | UNSW Newsroom
![In contrast to microbats, fruit bats (see photo) do not echolocate. They have large eyes and pronounced visual centres in the brain. Fruit bats need a good sense of vision, because when In contrast to microbats, fruit bats (see photo) do not echolocate. They have large eyes and pronounced visual centres in the brain. Fruit bats need a good sense of vision, because when](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/18/be/af/66/in-contrast-to-microbats.jpg)
In contrast to microbats, fruit bats (see photo) do not echolocate. They have large eyes and pronounced visual centres in the brain. Fruit bats need a good sense of vision, because when
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