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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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