Expert 'bat wranglers' put GPS trackers on California's bats

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCalifornia's bats are now under surveillance, with GPS trackers attached by experts the report calls bat wranglers, Popular Science reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThey caught them in mist nets over a creek at dusk, Hank, while the bats were hunting bugs. It's a nature survey.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNets. At dusk. Near water. That is how every serious operation begins.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt happened at Muir Woods National Monument and Samuel P. Taylor State Park. They wanted hoary bats and western red bats.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo named targets, two named parks. And then the team held a bat's wing up to a colleague's headlamp.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA wing can show a bat's age and developmental stage. It's a checkup with a flashlight.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorInterrogated by headlamp. Hoary bats are the most widespread bat species in the Americas, so they're everywhere, and now they're tagged.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorResearchers have spotted ten bat species at Muir Woods. Nobody's building a file, Hank.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe bats have declined to comment.