Allison and Gaby are joined by bat expert and lover Merlin Tuttle. Merlin shares his own experiences with these incredible animals and explains why they don't deserve their bad reputation. He then plays an epic game of hypotheticals, which is almost as shocking as his bat facts! 

Merlin's famous bat portraits: https://merlintuttle.smugmug.com/Low-Resolution/Portraits/

Here's the video of a little woolly bat trying to train Merlin: https://youtu.be/zRSZjjubVe0

Of Agaves and Bats Film - https://vimeo.com/277755110

Importance of Bats video - https://youtu.be/nDNhrqATZTQ 

The truth about Covid-19 and bats - https://www.merlintuttle.org/resources/covid-19-impact/

The truth about bats and disease - https://www.merlintuttle.org/resources/exaggerated-disease-warnings/

 

Transcription: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CqbHdbPCDNSkOejedx-10pU8EQWyPvFc6k7Oxs332ew/edit?usp=sharing

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