Does a bats blindness cause them to tangle in peoples hair?
That’s a big one. I hear it all the time. First, they are not blind as a bat, so to speak. Second, they do not tangle in your hair. I’ve stood in the entrance of caves with millions of bats leaving the cave in a steady stream and I’ve never been hit. They know you’re there and your hair is there, and they would rather avoid you. Bat sonar is very good. In fact, by studying bat sonar, the Navy developed many sonar applications during World War II. Q: Do bats carry life-threatening diseases? A: Like many other animals, they can carry diseases. Some carry rabies, which is most often fatal. In the natural populations of bats, a very small percentage has rabies. The important thing to remember is that bats that are out during the day or hanging low on a tree are behaving strangely. There is a high chance that those are sick and rabid. That can be dangerous because when the bats are sick they are within easy reach of children. Q: Are there any bats in the Greater Los Angeles/San Bernardino a
