Onychonycteris known species, hence "Onychonycteris" meaning "clawed bat". The specific epithet is a tribute to the fossil prospector and preparator who discovered it, Bonnie Finney. "Onychonycteris finneyi" was the strongest evidence so far in the debate on whether bats developed echolocation before or after they evolved the ability to fly. "O. finneyi" had well-developed wings, and could clearly fly, but lacked the enlarged cochlea of all extant echolocating bats, closer resembling the old world fruit bats which do not echolocate. This indicates that early bats could fly before they could echolocate. However, an independent evaluation of the "Onychonycteris" reference fossil in
Human echolocation role of a blind woman who must use echolocation to navigate the environment. In Naughty Dog's 2013 PlayStation 3 game, "The Last of Us", infected people called "clickers" use echolocation. In the 2012 movie "Imagine", the main character teaches echolocation to students at clinic for the visually impaired. This unconventional method spurs a controversy but helps students explore the world. Matthew Murdock is a defense attorney by day and a crime-fighting vigilante by night, going by the name "Daredevil", from Marvel Comics. He was involved in an accident as a child where his eyes came in contact with radioactive chemicals,