Videos

 

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  • CLICK HERE because bats are cool, cute, and more! (:49)
  • CLICK HERE to learn about how bats are great subjects for teaching. (1:12)
  • CLICK HERE to learn about the special adaptations and physical attributes of bats that enable them to navigate in their environment. (2:15)
  • CLICK HERE to learn about bat anatomy from Dianne Odegard with Bat Conservation International. (1:49)
  • CLICK HERE as Susan Kwasniak with Bat Conservation International discusses the myths involving bats. (1:04)
  • CLICK HERE to watch a video about the bats of Bracken Cave. About 20 million bats inhabit the cave in summer making it the world’s largest bat colony. (2:19)
  • CLICK HERE to learn about the University of Florida Bat House, home to thousands of Brazilian Free-tailed bats. (4:31)
  • CLICK HERE for information about the threats to bats, which are declining in number due to White-Nose Syndrome and human interference. (2:46)
  • CLICK HERE for information about echolocation and bat detectors. (:56)

Bat Blitz Videos
Each year wildlife biologists from across the southeast capture and intensively study the region’s bats.  A “Bat Blitz” was held in North Carolina from July 31 to Aug. 4, 2011.

  • CLICK HERE for a history of the Bat Blitz. (3:19)
  • CLICK HERE to learn about the Bat Blitz. (2:46)
  • CLICK HERE for information about how Bat Blitz participants decontaminated equipment against the possible spread of White-Nose Syndrome. (2:45)
  • CLICK HERE for more information about White-Nose Syndrome and its devastating effects. (1:43)

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