> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:58:35 EDT
> From: TTrotsky_at_aol.com
> Subject: Re: Troll's Darksense
>
> Dag Stålhandske:
>
> << The basics of bat sonar are these:
> "Bats that echolocate are of the suborder Microchiroptera
> within the
> mammalian order Chiroptera.>>
>
> Mostly Microchiroptera, yes. There's one exception
> that I know of (the
> rousette fruitbat), although its not actually very *good* at it...
>
> << In layman's term that means that certainly not all bats
> use echolocation.
> >>
>
> Indeed; about 170 or so species do without, mainly
> because their
> eyesight is perfectly good and they have the decency to
> sleep through the
> night and only fly about when its light enough to see what
> they're doing :-)
Which leads to the truly important questions.
"Can the Crimson Bat echolocate or does it fly by its own glow?
"if it does echolocate does it give nearby trolls [or even people]
headaches?"
Adam
- --
'Black Azrael and Ariel and Ammon on the wing, Giants and the Genii,
Multiplex of wing and eye, Whose strong obedience broke the sky, When
Solomon was king.'
End of The Glorantha Digest V8 #527