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Bats, A Farmer's Friend

Two of Corky Quirk's pallid bats hanging out underneath some sunflowers

Sep 26, 2017 --  Bats eat giant quantities of bugs and create a huge amount of racket at a frequency inaudible to human ears.  Rachel Long, a farm adviser and children's book author, teams up with Corky Quirk, an animal rescue worker with Northern California Bats, to share stories about how these fascinating flying mammals devour pests. 

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