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The Desert Speaks
Bats Among Us
Season 15
Episode 1508
Visit Montezuma Castle, a five-story 20-room cliff dwelling, served as a “high-rise apartment building” for prehistoric Sinagua Indians. Now it serves the same purpose to a colony of bats. At Tonto National Monument the scale of the ruins makes capturing bats a test of will and ingenuity. Chiricahua National Monument shows how aa natural gem is perfect for collecting data on tree-roosting bats.
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Travel around Chihuahua, Mexico with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s Jesus Garcia
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Travel through Michoacán to explore its coast, diverse habitats and local traditions.
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Travel to a festival dedicated to cactus fruit in an area southwest of Guadalajara.
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Travel to Jalisco, Mexico to explore how agave is gronwn, harvest and tequila is made
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Discover how scientists use tree rings to gather evidence of climate conditions.