Blind as a bat

Blind as a bat is a short film from 1955 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Shows the habitat and various characteristics of bats, including their method of flying without collision. Pictures several kinds of bats and how they are captured for laboratory study. Shows an exper...

Blind as a bat
Release date	1955

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Summary

Shows the habitat and various characteristics of bats, including their method of flying without collision. Pictures several kinds of bats and how they are captured for laboratory study. Shows an experiment in which a blindfolded bat avoids certain obstacles in flight but fails to navigate properly when its mouth is tied shut. Demonstrates the bat's inaudible sounds of extremely high pitch by using a special radio receiver.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:07:13);16mm

IUL Genres

Animal;Educational

IUL Subject

Educational.

Full Title (usually this is the same as above)

Blind as a bat