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🦇 It’s Bat Week! 🦇 October 24–31 is an annual celebration dedicated to the winged wonders that keep our ecosystems thriving! 🌎 From pest control to pollination, bats are true environmental superheroes: 🌿 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹: A single bat can eat up to their own body weight in insects each night! 🌺 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: They help grow foods like mangoes, pitaya (dragon fruit), and agave. 🌱 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹: Bats help forests and other habitats regenerate by spreading se

Austin is a town of many mascots. The bats under the Congress Avenue Bridge. The salamanders of Barton Springs. Even the sneaky grackle has become a beloved icon. This is not a story about those animals. This is a story about alligators. Gators are not something that people often associate with Austin, but they do appear in our local mythology. It was one of those appearances that prompted listener Jade Florence to reach out to #ATXplained with a question. Florence is a wildlife biologist. She s