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Dana Green - Bats


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Have you ever wanted to know more about bats? In this episode, Dana Green, from the University of Regina in Canada, talks to us all about bats! She answers your questions about how big, how small, how tall, and how fast bats are, and so much more!! She tells us all about how cool bats are! So if you've ever been afraid of bats, Dana tells us all about how awesome and not-scary bats are. Hopefully she can help you face your fears and realize that bats are amazing creatures that can't hurt you. So grab your night-vision goggles and keep an eye out for bats! 

Links to more info about different kinds of bats: 

Large flying fox bat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_flying_fox

Kitti’s hog-nosed bat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitti's_hog-nosed_bat

Hoary bats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoary_bat

Indiana Bat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_bat

Gray bats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_bat

Pallid bat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallid_bat

Short-tailed bat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystacinidae

Tent-making bat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent-making_bat

White nose syndrome: https://www.nps.gov/articles/what-is-white-nose-syndrome.htm#:~:text=White%2Dnose%20syndrome%20(WNS),likely%20exotic%2C%20introduced%20from%20Europe.

Snakes hang to get bats: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/10/kantemo-bat-cave-hanging-serpents-snakes-yucatan-mexico-video/

Flying lemur: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_flying_lemur

Silver-haired bat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver-haired_bat

Wrinkle-faced bat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrinkle-faced_bat

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