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\nVideo 2 of the Echolocation Unit. This segment focuses on debunking common myths about bats, such as the misconception that they are flying rodents or blind creatures. Students will learn that bats are actually closely related to...\nVideo 2 of the Echolocation Unit. This segment focuses on debunking common myths about bats, such as the misconception that they are flying rodents or blind creatures. Students will learn that bats are actually closely related to primates and that they provide critical benefits to humans, like controlling mosquito populations. The segment explains the difference between megabats and microbats, and introduces echolocation as the incredible adaptation that allows microbats to navigate and hunt at night.\n
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4:19
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3rd - 8th
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2024
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animals, myths, echolocation, rodents, eyes, mosquitoes, bats, rats, wings, humans, time, hands, blood, night
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