Bats (Part II) with Joey Curti and Rachel Blakey

Welcome to part two. Jump in the car with us, and buckle up (or don't--we're not driving) as we dig into the full bat conversation. Are there any flightless bats? What do bats eat? Do bats talk to each other? How many times in one episode can we be stopped by security? Should we be worried about rabies in bats?

Biologists Joey Curti and Rachel Blakey are batting a thousand on this episode of Golden State Naturalist.

Links:

• Joey Curti
• Rachel Blakey
• Vampire bat on treadmill
• Short-tailed bat
• Pallid bat hunting scorpion
• Pallid bat info
• Ghost bats
• The Social Language of Bats
• CDC on Rabies in the US
• Bat World rescuer page
• Current year West Nile Cases CDC
• Mammal Diversity Database
  

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