Bracken Cave: Home to the world's largest bat colony

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2014
  • As many as twenty million Mexican free-tailed bats spend their summer months in Bracken Cave, Texas making it home to the largest congregation of warm-blooded animals in the world. Join journalist Millie Kerr as she captures the unforgettable sight of these bats emerging at dusk to feed, and spends some time with leading bat expert and photographer, Merlin Tuttle to discuss the threats facing these often misunderstood mammals.
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  • @WillVRam
    @WillVRam Рік тому +3

    Tuttle is a legend, an angel for bats in the entire world

  • @semaemavakaciriwaqa9620
    @semaemavakaciriwaqa9620 2 роки тому +4

    They're truly a specular sight to look at 😍🤎

  • @vivianduncan2160
    @vivianduncan2160 9 років тому +12

    These bats are wonderful to the environment, and being at risk of becoming endangered because of developers constructing yet another industrialized, polluted, danger to our ecosystem is what this species is faced with.

    • @lilliangriffin9013
      @lilliangriffin9013 8 років тому +1

      +Vivian Duncan Shows why humans are the cruelest animals.

  • @roaringearth
    @roaringearth 9 років тому +1

    Amazing! Awesome video Earth Touch

  • @Mad9977
    @Mad9977 9 років тому +5

    wow thats impressive =)

  • @09RosePetal
    @09RosePetal Рік тому +1

    So, what ever happened with the development in the area? Was it created or defeated?

  • @johnrohlfs7254
    @johnrohlfs7254 2 роки тому

    Awesome America

  • @aiyshasulaiman4787
    @aiyshasulaiman4787 8 років тому +1

    wow just amazing :)

  • @yousnasserous
    @yousnasserous 9 років тому +1

    awesome

  • @adventureswithcarl123
    @adventureswithcarl123 2 роки тому

    I really want to visit there

  • @danielelam5513
    @danielelam5513 5 років тому

    Cool.

  • @RaiseRedBlackFlag
    @RaiseRedBlackFlag 9 років тому +11

    Are they crossing legally?

    • @earthtouchtv
      @earthtouchtv  9 років тому +13

      Yes, bats never leave home without their passports:-P

    • @andrewthefanboy1640
      @andrewthefanboy1640 8 років тому +1

      Trump certainly wouldn't think so.

    • @Dleon918
      @Dleon918 8 років тому +1

      +Andrew Shuboy I believe some are good bats

  • @ramosfabian99
    @ramosfabian99 5 років тому

    World class reporting! A whole lot of mhhms and head nods!!

  • @colepriceguitar1153
    @colepriceguitar1153 2 роки тому

    I live 10 miles from it.

  • @tubermind
    @tubermind 7 років тому

    Thank you for sharing this! It's so important that we Christians stand up for the creatures God made which play vital roles in His Creation, our ecology.

  • @AndrewBrownK
    @AndrewBrownK 9 років тому +1

    How come their are not any other kinds of mammals than bats that can fly?

    • @earthtouchtv
      @earthtouchtv  9 років тому +3

      That's a good question ... they seem to fit some kind of ecological/evolutionary niche.

    • @AndrewBrownK
      @AndrewBrownK 9 років тому +1

      Oh my goodness I can't believe I actually misused the word "their". I should really know better. How embarrassing.

    • @JokoCi
      @JokoCi 9 років тому +1

      Andrew Brown
      To the question of mammals with "true flight":
      Flight is a very difficult thing to evolve into. So it shouldnt be too surprising that true flight in mammals is a very rare (unique) thing, given that birds were already around and there was no completely free niche to claim.
      The first birds appeared about 155 million years ago. Placential mammals around 90.

    • @carolinepaquier8156
      @carolinepaquier8156 5 років тому +2

      Sooooo been there Andrew. Especially on youtube where you can't edit your remarks. No matter how many times I proofread my comment I always make mistackes! .............I did that on purpese........that tooo. OK quitting now. :))))))

  • @brogabrerian
    @brogabrerian 9 років тому +1

    no bats no propagation no life no us

  • @hsu471
    @hsu471 4 роки тому +1

    有人來找嗎?

  • @AlbertInSanAntonio
    @AlbertInSanAntonio 4 роки тому +1

    in 2017 south Texas biomedical research institute in s.a was developing a vaccine using (covid 19) for pneumonia in October 2018 around 12 test subjects (bats) escaped .. there was about 36 test subjects .. if you want answers.. its TBRI you need to look to

  • @calebstikeleather3143
    @calebstikeleather3143 3 роки тому

    First comment in a year xd

  • @chulinavin2675
    @chulinavin2675 4 роки тому +1

    Bats in Texas have rabies and corona

  • @gratefuljr
    @gratefuljr 7 років тому +2

    Donald Dump will ruin this as well