Hey there, friends, and welcome to episode 201 of Just the Zoo of Us. This week, I'm joined by

an ecologist with a palpable love for the powdered donuts of the sky, hoary bats. We discuss

frosted tips, tree roosters, bat memes, and why you should care about bats all year long,

and not just for Halloween.

If you haven't fallen in love with bats yet, I think you will by the time we're done.

Just the Zoo of Us presents Hori Bats with Sofyan Nasser. I'm Pse. I'm B.

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. Hello, friends. This is Ellen Weatherford. I'm here with Just the Zoo of Us, your favorite

animal review podcast. And this week I'm so excited to bring to you a dear friend who I'm

very surprised that this is our first time talking. This is Sophia Ann Nassar. Say hi, Sophia Ann.

Hi, Sophia Ann. What are your pronouns real quick? My pronouns are she, her. Thank you so much.

I'm so excited to talk to you because I feel like we've been friends forever.

For friends that are also new to you and new to your voice, I would love it if you could introduce us a little bit.

Let us know about your work that you do with animals and how you got into it.

Yeah. So right now I am currently working for a unnamed government organization.

It may or may not involve fish wildlife and parks.

And so I'm currently working on aquatic invasive species outreach and education,

which is a little bit like away from what I was doing for the past few years,

which was just doing science communication with bats and feral cats.

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