Bat Birth Caught On Camera for First Time
Clip: Season 39 Episode 13 | 2m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
Ecologist Rodrigo Medellin captured a moment never filmed before.
Ecologist Rodrigo Medellin set up remote cameras in a bat “nursery.” The cameras capture a behavior that has never been filmed before: a mother giving birth.
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Bat Birth Caught On Camera for First Time
Clip: Season 39 Episode 13 | 2m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
Ecologist Rodrigo Medellin set up remote cameras in a bat “nursery.” The cameras capture a behavior that has never been filmed before: a mother giving birth.
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