Visiting the Largest Bat Colony on Earth

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Check out the largest gathering of mammals on Earth! • Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate • • Subscribe to It's Okay To Be Smart ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub • Visit Bat Conservation International to learn more about these amazing species and what we can do to protect them: http://batcon.org/ • Thanks to Dr. Sharon Swartz and Dr Kenny Breuer from Brown University for use of their wind tunnel footage: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/EEB/... • Mexican free-tailed bats hunt at higher altitudes than any other bat: http://bit.ly/10e5Zpe • Doppler radar shows bats intercepting the moth invasion: • Video • Dr. Aaron Corcoran's research on moths jamming bat echolocation (plus VIDEOS!) http://www.sonarjamming.com/ • Rainforest regrowth and seed dispersal by bats: http://bit.ly/1nzOBpN • Some bats are able to create lift more efficiently than birds: http://www.livescience.com/1245-bats-... • White nose syndrome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_no... • Produced for PBS Digital Studios • Joe Hanson - Host and writer • Joe Nicolosi - Director • Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate Producer • Katie Graham - Director of Photography • Andrew Matthews - Editing/Motion Graphics • John Knudsen - Gaffer • Dalton Allen - Post-production Intern • Theme music: • Ouroboros by Kevin MacLeod • Stock images via Shutterstock • ----------- • Join us on Patreon! • / itsokaytobesmart • Twitter • / drjoehanson • / okaytobesmart • Instagram • / drjoehanson • / okaytobesmart • Merch • https://store.dftba.com/collections/i... • Facebook • / itsokaytobesmartpbs

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