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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1975

Page

7

Bats Prove Helpful Despite Old Wives Tales

The October issue of Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine explains that bats have good eyesight and are beneficial, eating billions of insect pests and aiding pollination. Bat caves hold bat manure, a strong fertilizer, though bats can bite when frightened.

Rick Nature National Wildlife Fderation

Bats use echo locating to hunt and navigate

Ranger Rick explains bats rely on echolocation, not vision, to find food. About 850 species inhabit global regions except polar areas and some islands. They fly with leathery wings, live in caves and attics, eat insects or fruit, migrate or hibernate, and keep clean by daily grooming and bathing.

Earth Rick Polar National Wildlife Federation Children’s Nature Magazine

Prickly Lakeland poet Irvine Hunt reads at Windham College

British author Irvine Hunt, famed for Lakeland village scenes and sharp wordplay, reads from his poetry tonight at Windham College science auditorium in Putney Lakeland setting. Reception follows in faculty lounge. Next week Eugene McCarthy lecture planned. Tracks of Tyrannosaurus Rex may be seen at Dinosaur Valley State Park Paluxy river lime stone bottom. visitors may roam the site to view tracks and displays.

Putney Lakeland Irvine Hunt Windham College Science Blackpool Hunt Lake District National Poetry Secretariat England Fenty Glen Rose Tex UPI Dinosaur Valley State Park Paluxy River

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