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What's To Love: Bats Role in Ecosystem
On Animal Planet's "What's to Love?," Bats keep the insect population down by eating thousands of insects at night. Bats are the only mammals that have evolved to fly.
Added: May 4, 2009
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Runtime: 01:16
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