Visiting the Largest Bat Colony on Earth!
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[MUSIC] [OMINOUS SOUNDS] [MUSIC] If you collected every species of mammal on Earth, a whopping one in four would be a bat. There’s more than 1300 species around the world, one is as small as my fingernail, and another is as wide as my arms. There’s a lot of bats out there. There’s also a lot of bats in there. This is a very special place. Beneath our feet is the largest gathering of mammals anywhere on Earth. 20 million or so Mexican free-tailed bats! For the past 10,000 summers or so, these bats have come up here for the summer in what's known as a maternity colony. And they get hungry. Every night around sunset, they head out to eat, and it’s an unforgettable sight. Different species eat pretty much every kind of food there is, but the...
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[MUSIC] [OMINOUS SOUNDS] [MUSIC] If you collected every species of mammal on Earth, a whopping one in four would be a bat. There’s more than 1300 species around the world, one is as small as my fingernail, and another is as wide as my arms. There’s a lot of bats out there. There’s also a lot of bats in there. This is a very special place. Beneath our feet is the largest gathering of mammals anywhere on Earth. 20 million or so Mexican free-tailed bats! For the past 10,000 summers or so, these bats have come up here for the summer in what's known as a maternity colony. And they get hungry. Every night around sunset, they head out to eat, and it’s an unforgettable sight. Different species eat pretty much every kind of food there is, but the...
