Lucky Horseshoe Bat: An Unextinction Event!

Lucky Horseshoe Bat: An Unextinction Event!

Released Wednesday, 6th April 2022
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Lucky Horseshoe Bat: An Unextinction Event!

Lucky Horseshoe Bat: An Unextinction Event!

Lucky Horseshoe Bat: An Unextinction Event!

Lucky Horseshoe Bat: An Unextinction Event!

Wednesday, 6th April 2022
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We have a special guest, Dr. Winifred Frick, chief scientist of Bat Conservation International. The Hill's horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus hilli, had been feared extinct, as neither hair nor wing has been seen for forty years. But after a 5 year period of survey efforts, Bat Conservation International, and the Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, spotted a bat with an incredibly strange looking face... 

Hill's Horseshoe bat rediscovery link: https://www.batcon.org/press/conservationists-announce-the-rediscovery-of-an-african-bat-species-lost-for-40-years/

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