Bat Country

Bats!

The city of Austin (see the picture above) has an original tourist attraction: bats. These bats fly every day upon the Congress Avenue Bridge giving people a spectacular view. Nowadays there are more bats than people in this town. During the 1980s the city restored its main bridge offering bats a safe place to sleep. Every evening from March to November over than a million bats cross the bridge, this "show" lasts an hour. In the past people considered them mortal and dangerous animals, but now the National Association of bat protection resolved everything, in fact, those animals eat between 5000-10.000 Kgs of insects each day and people consider them harmless and helpful.

• Title: Bats!
• Topic: Bat country
• Who/what: People-bats
• When: 1980
• Where: Austin, Texas
• How: By restoring the Congress Avenue Bridge

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