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  An Endless Darkness of Bats

There are sometimes lot of bats in Zambia’s Kasanka National Park. Each year, up to 8+ million giant fruit bats gather here. Apparently, one is supposed to be able to hear the sounds and wing flaps of the bats miles away. With their 6-foot wingspans, the giant fruit bats are amongst the largest species of bat in the world. Around this time of the year, it is understood that Kasanka National Park is the place with the highest density of mammals anywhere on the planet―each tree can be infested by as much as 10 tons of bats.