Into the Bat Caves of Kenya: Pt. I
In January 2014, Emily accompanied Curator of Mammals Bruce Patterson on a field expedition into the bat caves of Kenya. They were joined with Field Museum Media Producers Greg Mercer and Emily...
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[rumbling car] [acoustic guitar] [car doors closing] [dirt crunching, heavy breathing] [acoustic guitar] [heavy breathing, bats chattering] - (Bruce) And try and set your feet without dragging your shoes so that we stir up as little dust as possible. [quiet shuffling, breathing] [rock shifts] - (Graslie) Oh. - (Bruce) Careful on the left, here. - (Graslie) Oh, wow. I don't want to go down there. - (Bruce) Let's not do that. - (Graslie) We're right standing in a pile of civet crap. Look at this. They have designated toilets. That's not something I want to fall into, either. [bats chattering] You can hear the bats. Just look how far you sink! Ulgh. Just walking into this. [louder bat chatter] - (Graslie) Yeah! Oh, look at them...
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[rumbling car] [acoustic guitar] [car doors closing] [dirt crunching, heavy breathing] [acoustic guitar] [heavy breathing, bats chattering] - (Bruce) And try and set your feet without dragging your shoes so that we stir up as little dust as possible. [quiet shuffling, breathing] [rock shifts] - (Graslie) Oh. - (Bruce) Careful on the left, here. - (Graslie) Oh, wow. I don't want to go down there. - (Bruce) Let's not do that. - (Graslie) We're right standing in a pile of civet crap. Look at this. They have designated toilets. That's not something I want to fall into, either. [bats chattering] You can hear the bats. Just look how far you sink! Ulgh. Just walking into this. [louder bat chatter] - (Graslie) Yeah! Oh, look at them...
