The Journey to the Bat Cave

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2018

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Join us on a field trip to the biggest bat colony in the world! Bracken Cave is home to 15 million Mexican free-tailed bats. It’s the largest concentration of mammals on the planet, and it’s made up of only mothers and their babies. On our visit, we’ll meet a real-life Batwoman. Jessica Dreyer is a bat biologist who is studying how bats learn to be bats. Now… TO THE BAT CAVE! To see photos from our trip, as well videos of “bat rain” and the evening “batnado,” check out our blog at sciencepodcastforkids.com/blog. We’ll also have information about how you can visit Bracken Cave in person, with Bat Conservation International. This week, our Patreon members are getting exclusive audio bonus content from our interview with Jessica! Hear her describe what it’s like to go inside the cave, as she shares tons of other stunning bat facts. Pledge today at patreon.com/tumblepodcast. You’ll also get an ad-free feed, when you sign up at just $1/month!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:04.3	And I'm Marshall.
0:05.3	Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:09.1	Today we're headed to the Bat Cave.
0:11.6	Wait, you mean the place where Batman and Robin hang out waiting for calls about crimes
0:16.3	and Gotham City?
0:17.3	No, it's way cooler than that.
0:20.8	We're going on a field trip to the biggest Bat Colony in the entire world.
0:25.1	Here we'll meet a Bat biologist and find out how bats learn to be bats.
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1:11.9	One morning this summer I got up to watch the sunrise on an old ranch outside of San
1:16.6	Antonio, Texas.
1:18.5	But there was one element of the sunrise you can't see or hear anywhere else in the
1:24.2	world.
1:26.6	That sound is wind passing over millions of bat wings.
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