So we say it's about bats, but it's really about pollination. And we talk about all these other creatures that can do the job, but then … how would it damage the ecosystem if bats became extinct? Are they the only thing standing between us and mosquitoes? Dr. Kristen Lear, Agave Restoration Program Manager for Bat Conservation International, tells us what all the hubbub is about in this episode of Agave Road Trip!

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Episode Notes

Check out Bat Conservation International and, as you’re thinking about year-end gifts, please consider supporting them with a tax-deductible donation. And check out Dr. Lear’s Instagram feed for some great additional content on this topic!

We invoke (again) Dan Saladino’s Eating to Extinction — which gives us yet another excuse to link to this important book.

“Effects of caffeinated alcoholic beverages with low alcohol and high caffeine content on cognitive and motor functions,” by Wan-Ju Cheng, Chun-Cheng Lin, Yawen Cheng, Ming-Chyi Huang, Hum Psychopharmacol, 2017 Nov;32(6). doi: 10.1002/hup.2634. Epub 2017 Oct 6.