About this episode

Ryan Huling discusses a massive bat colony living in a cave near San Antonio, Texas.

For thousands of years, a massive bat colony has lived in a cave about 30 minutes from San Antonio, Texas. Ryan Huling, author of the Book "The Hidden Nations of Animals," tells us all about it. If you want to hear about Ryan’s journey to visit other animal colonies, check out our episode titled: “The Animal Worlds We Rarely See."

People in this episode

Guest: Ryan Huling

Topics covered

• bats
• animal colonies
• Texas
• nature
• wildlife

Keywords

• bats
• San Antonio
• animal colonies
• Ryan Huling
• wildlife

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Hidden Nations of Animals

Places: San Antonio, Texas

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