Dr. Dana Green, a.k.a. "The Eyepatch Biologist" is back for part two! This free-flying conversation just couldn't be contained to a single hour.

We plunge straight in this week with an urgent question: how do bats relieve themselves without dribbling on their own heads? From there the facts come thick and fast: microchiroptera (our local insect-eating, echolocating bats) vs. megachiroptera (bigger fruit-eating bats from other climates that don't echolocate); the truth about bats' sense of sight; and the unexpected songs of silverhair bats. Dana shares how to attract bats to our properties without welcoming them into our homes, and we delve into the devastating consequences of pesticide use in the ecosystem—and how to report it when you witness someone applying pesticides illegally. 

Throughout the interview we also get some of Dana's opinions on the quality of bat representation in media, including Daredevil, Dungeons and Dragons, Batman and vampire books. The episode wraps up with a lightning round of facts, favourites, and myth busting—and a promise to bring Dana back for even more ecological eloquence in the future!

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Timestamps

00:12 Introduction

01:00 How do Bats Relieve Themselves?

01:58 Flying Foxes, or Megachiroptera, a Subgroup of Bats

03:30 Bats Aren't Blind

04:48 Echolocation Representation in Daredevil

06:00 Bats that Jam Each Other's Echolocation Signals

07:28 Singing Silverhair Bats

10:25 Creating Bat Habitat at Your Home

12:00 Pesticides in the Ecosystem

20:15 Lightning Round

20:28 Should We Be Concerned about Diseases in Bats?

20:46 Are Bats Attracted to Long Hair?

21:17 Do Bats Suck Blood? Should We Worry?

23:03 Do Bats Mate for Life? What's a Bat Leck?

23:48 Hammerhead Bats' Big Honkers

24:40 The World's Biggest Bat

26:00 The World's Smallest Bat

28:39 Cutest Bat Struggles

29:40 The World's Ugliest (and Wrinkliest) Bat

31:00 A Bat Scientist's Opinion on Batman

34:20 Great Bat Representation in Kids' Books and Movies

36:00 Dana's Love of Vampires

39:15 Find Dana Online

41:44 Outro and Contact Us