Description

Let's get batty! In this episode, Autumn informs us all about how bats are kind of a disaster (especially when one gets trapped in your bedroom). Learn about some cultural bat beliefs, a few of the diseases they carry, and experience Autumn retelling a traumatic event. All in all, a standard episode.

Sources:

https://www.doi.gov/blog/13-facts-about-bats

https://www.britannica.com/animal/bat-mammal#ref252421

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/bats/index.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/bats-evolution-history-180974610/#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20oldest%20known,dinosaurs%2066%20million%20years%20ago.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/whats-so-bad-about-bats-1958985

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_virome

https://www.batworlds.com/bats-in-popular-culture/#:~:text=Bats%20in%20Human%20Culture,back%20very%20far%20in%20history.&text=In%20a%20tricky%20situation%20the,at%20night%20in%20the%20dark.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat#Cultural_significance

https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/animals/bats.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_uses_of_bats

https://www.bu.edu/cecb/bat-lab-update/bats/bat-facts-and-folklore/