When we think of bats, we might think of scary movies or Halloween.

Bats may seem mysterious, but we have so much to learn from them.

And on the latest spectacular specimens, we pull the curtain back on these creatures of the night.

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Oh my goodness, we had just come down this gravel road, off the main road that goes through

Yellowstone, and there's a huge herd of bison right here.

I bet there's 50 or 60 of them. I'm in Yellowstone National Park with my producer Lucy.

It's early October and we've come around a bend in the road to an extraordinary site.

Some huge males in here.

Look at the size of this guy.

I roll the window down to get a good look.

Standing, watching his herd.

Down in the Lamar Valley here.

You can hear him.

A huge herd of wild 2,000 pound beast just a few feet from my car.

This is classic Yellowstone.

All around us is a wild open landscape, tall pine trees and mountains off in the distance.

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