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ALLISON IS SWITCHING GEARS
WITH PATTY.
WE ARE TALKING HALLOWEEN.
WE ARE SWITCHING THE MOMENTS.
HERE IS LEWEY AT THE DONE
G
DUNG GONE.
HE WAS DRESSED UP LIKE AN
ASTRONAUT FOR HALLOWEEN.
SHE IS A REAL SCENE STEALER.
SHE IS WAITING FOR THE
PAPARAZZI.
IS THAT BONE FOR ME?
I DON'T KNOW.
VERY NICE.
LEWEY IS DRESSED UP AS A
KITTY OR A BAT.
A BAT LOOK AT THAT.
SIMPLE ACCESSORIES SOMETIMES
SAYS IT ALL.
LEWEY LOOK UP.
LOOK AT THE CAMERA, LEWEY.
I THINK HE IS EMBARRASSED.
IT IS THE SEASON WHEN GOSH WE
TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE SCARY
AND PEOPLE THINK BATS ARE SCARY.
I AM LEARNING.
YOU CAN TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW
TRICKS.
I AM LEARNING, TOO.
WENT TO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
ARE YOU AFRAID OF CATS?
A LOT OF THE FEAR IS THEY
CARRY RABIES AND IT'S MORE OF A
HEALTH ISSUE THAN I THINK FOR ME
I HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IT IS VERY FASCINATING
THEY ARE NOCTURNAL. WE DON'T
KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEM.
IT IS SCARY.
BATS ARE THE ONLY MAMMALS THAT
CAN SUSTAIN FLIGHT.
THEY GLIDE.
THESE ACTUALLY FLY.
YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THAT?
YES.
FIND OUT ALL ABOUT THAT.
HERE IS NEWS FOR YOU.
THEY ARE CREEPY AND SCARY.
WE FEAR THEM.
AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ROB
RECENTLY HELD A SEMINAR FOR KIDS
AND ADULTS HELPING US ALL
UNDERSTAND BATS BETTER.
START AT THE BEGINNING AND GET
EVERYBODY EDUCATED.
I AM A FIELD BIOLOGIST FOR
TRAINING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW IS HOW IMPORTANT BATS
ARE.
INSECTS.
HOW MANY DID YOU SAY?
A THOUSAND INSECTS A NIGHT?
YES.
THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE
THEY SPREAD SEEDS AND THEY
POLLEN ATE PLANTS.
LARGE BATS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE
RAIN FOREST.
THE SMALL BATS WE HAVE IN THE
UNITED STATES THEY ARE INSECT
EATERS.
THEY EAT MORE INSECTS THAN
ANYTHING ELSE DOES.
WHY ARE THEY COMFORTABLE
HANGING UPSIDE DOWN?
I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW
THAT.
IT IS SO THIN THEY CAN'T HOLD
UP THEIR UPPER BODY.
VERY FEW BATS EVER GET THE
DISEASE.
I THINK MOST ARE AFRAID OF BATS
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOCTURNAL?
WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO DO TO
HAVE BATS AROUND?
KEEPING OUR AREAS AS NATURAL
AS POSSIBLE.
THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR
BATS IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO THE BATS WE HAVE AROUND
HERE THAT EAT INSECTS MOST OF
THEM GO SOMEWHERE FOR THE
WINTER.
THEY EITHER MIGRATE OR
HIBERNATE.
THE ONES THAT HIBERNATE THEY GO
UNDER GROUND AND THIS FUNGUS
LIVES THERE GROWS ON THE BATS
AND WAKES THEM UP TOO MANY TIMES
AND THEY END UP STARVING BEFORE
THE WINTER IS OVER.
THIS IS REALLY GREAT.
BUYING OR BUILDING A BAT HOUSE
IT IS IMPORTANT THE ONES YOU
GET.
THEY HAVE PLANS AND VIDEOS ON
WHAT YOU OWN.
ALL OF THAT MONEY GOES BACK INTO
CONSERVATION.
IT IS THAT CONSERVATION.ORG.
YOU ARE NEEDED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
REAL PLEASURE MEETING YOU.
THANK YOU PEGGY SUE.
PEGGY SUE.
PEGGY SUE.
MADAGASCAR AND DOWN IN THERE.
THAT AND OTHER THINGS NOT SO
SCARY.
SANDY TERRY LEGENDARY IN THESE
PARTS.
WE WENT TO HIS DUNG GONE AT
10:30.
WE WILL DO BATY THINGS FOR YOU.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
STAY WITH US.