Bat festival looks to dispel fears around the spooky animal, highlight their importance
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Halloween is this weekend and that means ghosts, goblins … and maybe a few bats.
Bats have a spooky reputation but they’re very important to Minnesota’s ecosystems. If you want to learn all about these intriguing animals, the Minnesota Bat Festival is Saturday at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Bloomington.
Mammal ecologist Melissa Boman with the Minnesota Biological Survey helped put on the annual festival and shared more about it on Minnesota Now.
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