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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / How Is Bat Vision Oriented?
« on: 17/04/2017 05:03:54 »
I'm curious about this because in humans, our vision takes a while (post-birth) to straighten itself out and for the eyes to learn how to invert the image of the world properly. But after our eyes learn to invert images, they don't go back to an inverted view. However, bats not only sleep upside down, they walk around, mate, give birth, yadda yadda upside down. And yet when they fly they're right-side up like birds...so how do a bat's eyes/brain continually flip the image of the world they're in? Or are they simply really good at navigating with the world flipped in any direction? Are their eyes oriented to flip the world ground-down like humans and other mammals? Or is it predominantly ground-up and flipped while they're in flight?
I know this question may sound mad unclear, so please ask if it sounds really confusing or I've missed something. I can't find any information on it, as far as non-echolocating bats go, so any thoughts or things you've seen is cool! TIA
I know this question may sound mad unclear, so please ask if it sounds really confusing or I've missed something. I can't find any information on it, as far as non-echolocating bats go, so any thoughts or things you've seen is cool! TIA