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Bats are at risk in Canada, because wind turbines keep killing them | CBC Radio Bats don’t exactly have a glowing public image. After all, they’re often associated with blood-sucking vampires, gloomy caves and all things spooky. But migratory bats in Canada are in desperate need ...

🦇A text version of Dr. Cori Lausen's "What on Earth?" interview last week is now up on CBC! ICYMI!
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🦇Scrub-a-dub! Bats are very fastidious when it comes to hygiene. #BatBaths #HappyBatWeek The cute you didn't know you needed today! #BigBrownBat
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🦇Fun bat fact: bat echolocation calls are high frequency - so we can't hear them but they are LOUD! 120 decibels loud! Check out this short video from our channel - "How loud are they?"
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Our #BatTeam is spread over two provinces - but we work together to help protect, conserve and better understand bats. #HappyBatWeek from the @wcscanada.org Western Bat Program!

Happy Bat Week! Celebrate bat diversity! www.albertabats.ca Alberta Community Bat Program logo. Photo of a Hoary Bat roosting in a light green sage brush bush by Ted Nanninga

#HappyBatWeek! Nothing prettier than a Hoary Bat nestled in a sage bush! This bat was found in a low roost in a tall sagebrush bush). Hoary Bats are our largest bat in Canada & migrate 2000km or more between summer & winter habitats. They are spectacular! #BatsAreBeautiful #BatsNeedFriends

Bat Facts: Bat babies are called pups and can weigh up to a third of their mother's body weight at birth! Photo of a newborn Yuma Myotis pup on the tip of a gloved finger. Alberta Community Bat Program logo and small flying bat on a black background.

#HappyBatWeek! It's time for some bat facts! Bat pups can weigh up to one-third of their mother's body weight. In human terms, that would be like giving birth to a toddler-sized baby! WOWZA! Good thing they only give birth to ONE each year! #AlbertaBats
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Bat Week 2023, Bat Fact: Currently there are 1,469 species of bats known on our planet (and counting!) Alberta Community Bat Program logo - image of bats flying in a night sky.

#HappyBatWeek! Alberta has 9 species of bats (& over half of them are currently considered endangered). To check on the "bat total" we look to batnames.org - a site run by bat experts who track earth's bats. Bat biodiversity is worth celebrating! #bats #biodiversity