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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/EML/
Mexican free-tailed bats hunt at higher altitudes than any other bat: http://bit.ly/10e5Zpe
Doppler radar shows bats intercepting the moth invasion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvENxTke4Sc
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/124....5-bats-efficient-fly
White nose syndrome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_nose_syndrome
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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
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"Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod
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