My Top Files
Follow Merlin Tuttle through a tight squeeze!.mp4
Merlin Tuttle discovers a tree hollow full of bats in a rain forest. Learn more @ www.merlintuttle.com
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Tourists Viewing Bat Emergence at Battambang Bat Cave.mp4
Tourists watching the bat emergence in Battambang, Cambodia in the Tarum Caves where there's a huge colony of Asian Wrinkle-lipped bats (Chaerephon plicatus) (there's no official estimate of the number,we're guessing 500,000).
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Cave Nectar Bat Pollinating Durian Flowers.mp4
A Cave Nectar Bat is pollinating durian flowers in Thailand. The durian is the king of SE Asian fruits, selling for billions of dollars annually. However, every flower must be pollinated by a bat in order to set fruit, even when grown in orchards.
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Merlin Tuttle - 'Killing Bats Threatens SE Asia's Billion-Dollar Durian Industry'.mp4
Merlin Tuttle founded Bat Conservation International (BCI), an organization devoted to research, education and conservation of bats, in 1982.
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Bat emergence at Vihear Luong Cave, Cambodia.mp4
Merlin sits inside the Vihear Luong Cave entrance photographing the Asian wrinkle-lipped bat (Chaerephon plicatus) emerging at sunset along the high ceiling of the cave, while Paula is outside on a high ridge, also photographing the columns of bats.
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