World's biggest bat colony gathers in Zambia every year. Researchers used artificial intelligence to count them

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Sep 30, 2023, 12:40 pm391 ptsTop
Everybody who visits Kasanka National Park in Zambia during "bat season" agrees that the evening emergence of African straw-colored fruit bats from their roost site is one of the wildlife wonders of the world. The bats (Eidolon helvum) arrive at Kasanka every year around October. The numbers swell rapidly until…

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