All bats — apart from the fruit bats of the family Pteropodidae (also called flying foxes) — can “echolocate” by using high-pitched sounds to navigate at night.

Why do fruit bats not echolocate?

They tend to be bigger and, with one exception, they don't use echolocation. They have neither the specialised body parts needed to produce the necessary clicks, nor the genetic signatures that are common to sonar users. Instead, they rely on their large eyes to see at night.

Do all fruit bats have rabies?

Most bats don t have rabies. For example, even among bats submitted for rabies testing because they could be captured, were obviously weak or sick, or had been captured by a cat, only about 6% had rabies. Just looking at a bat, you can t tell if it has rabies.