SciShow: These Bats Make Tiny Snow Caves

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Content of the Lesson: One might not think that snow could help anything stay warm through a harsh winter, but these tiny bats have found a way to utilize the insulation provided by the snow: they make little forts to wait out the winter. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Charles Copley, Jb Taishoff, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, LehelKovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6089880/ https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/snow/science/characteristics.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/referencework/9780080453378/encyclopedia-of-animal-behavior https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/getting-away-from-it-all-in-a-winter-igloo-gm469149917-34048756 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Murina_ussuriensis.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/obverse-of-the-1995-jefferson-silver-nickel-gm180810296-24506543 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/bat-flat-illustration-gm1141311065-305716639 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/scales-flat-design-vector-illustration-on-white-background-gm1140766264-305385172 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/still-life-of-dry-fallen-leaves-gm1048619070-280471302 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/a-hole-in-a-tree-trunk-gm1249191815-364008344 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/detailed-world-map-with-countries-gm1197370151-341838145 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Murina_ussuriensis#/media/File:Murina_ussuriensis_snow_hole.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/freshly-fallen-soft-snow-surface-gm1284237265-381433772 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/young-girl-crawling-through-snow-tunnel-gm176804672-15143617 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/people-shivering-by-cold-weather-gm1286840013-383218757 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/gently-falling-snow-seamless-loop-on-green-screen-for-keying-big-and-small-snowflakes-slowly-dropping-in-the-wind-winter-motion-graphics-as-a-background-or-overlay-4k-3d-looping-animation-hmrmppconjvdkys6p https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/snowflake-winter-set-of-blue-isolated-icon-silhouette-on-white-background-vector-gm1063039830-284202058 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/winter-background-merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year-greeting-card-with-copy-space-gm1279832551-378316214 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/melting-ice-closeup-on-blue-background-accelerated-shoot-reverse-bwvb39aliqfce5ce https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/snow-grass-panning-fu6-v8w https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/polar-bear-wood-engraving-published-in-1893-gm1295505577-389213436 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/detective-seamless-pattern-gm1178338539-329306925 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/pointing-finger-illustration-gm1125634445-295996172 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/cute-bat-cartoon-sleeping-hanging-on-tree-gm962028496-262726061 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/ice-cave-in-cartoon-style-winter-scenery-in-isometric-view-frozen-hole-with-animal-gm1187639805-335576604


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