E15 Fran Hutchins – Bracken Cave, Batnados & The World’s Largest Colony! 👉
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Bracken Cave Preserve outside San Antonio is home to 15–20 million Mexican free-tailed bats, the largest bat colony on Earth and the densest concentration of mammals in the world. Fran Hutchins of Bat Conservation International joins Scott Harris to share the astonishing story of Bracken Cave — from batnados spiraling into the sky, to flesh-eating beetles deep inside the guano-filled cavern, to how these bats save farmers millions of dollars each year in natural pest control.
We dive into the magic of watching millions of bats emerge at sunset, the cave’s 10,000-year history…
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