Creature Feature

Batty for Bats!

Happy October everyone! This week: Dunanunanunanuna BAT FACTS! Why do bats hang upside down? How did bats become associated with Dracula? What are some of the craziest bat species in the world? Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: If Batman was bitten by a radioactive bat, what powers would he have? With special guest Molly Lambert from the Night Call Podcast. FOOTNOTES:1. <a href="https://www.bu.edu/cecb/bat-lab-update/bats/bat-facts-and-folklore/">Bats in folklore</a>2. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_vampire_bat#/media/File:Desmo-boden_(cropped).jpg">Common vampire bat</a>3. <a href="http://discovermagazine.com/~/media/Images/Web%20exclusives/2015/Oct/Hairy-Legged-Vampire-Bat.jpg?mw=1000&amp;mh=800">Hairy legged vampire bat</a>4. <a href="https://66.media.tumblr.com/7197b642e92ab2afa6cdb3af77aaf89d/tumblr_mruknhr46N1sntiu8o2_500.jpg">Trumpet-nosed bat</a>5. <a href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/lesser-long-nose-bat.htm">Lesser long-nosed bat covered in pollen</a>6. <a href="http://www.ejmste.com/-Disgusting-Animals-Primary-School-nChildren-s-Attitudes-and-Myths-of-nBats-and-Spiders,75309,0,2.html">The effects of myth on attitudes towards bats</a>7. <a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2015/1030/What-do-bats-have-to-do-with-Halloween-It-s-more-than-pop-culture">Bats and Halloween</a>8. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukIZRD1mzLg">BATS ON A TREADMILL! </a>9. <a href="https://phys.org/news/2009-12-sucker-footed-dont-suction-video.html">Madagascar Sucker footed bats</a>10. <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/bats/education/index.html">Bats &amp; Rabies facts</a>11. <a href="https://i.redd.it/v0ggiwxi33521.jpg">Flying fox bat</a>12. <a href="https://www.redbrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lifebuzz-87784597e43218aad703aa23573025c7-limit_2000.jpg">Bumblebee bat</a>13. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townsend%27s_big-eared_bat#/media/File:Townsends_big-eared_bat_(6009182505).jpg">Big-eared bat</a>14. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/162733867@N08/29915501218/">Hammer headed bat</a>15. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/hernanif/16797642557">Honduran white bat</a>16. <a href="%20https://www.flickr.com/photos/anasilva/32144432608">Honduran white bats snuggling</a>17. <a href="https://rtpi.org/wrinkle-faced-bat-centurio-senex-by-twan-leenders/">Wrinkle-faced bat</a>18. <a href="https://www.sciencesource.com/Doc/TR1_WATERMARKED/9/b/2/c/SS21877151.jpg?d63686884663">Chapin's bat (punk rock bat)</a>19. <a href="http://www.batcon.org/pdfs/bathouses/AttractingBats.pdf">How to do bat real estate</a>20. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce_v8l4ie0Y">DANCING BATS</a> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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