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	Bats in motion

JohnWaterman

3-20-2009 2:12 PM

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JohnWaterman says:

Lots of information at the source site.

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3-20-2009 8:28 PM

mona

fantastic clip! I *love* bats!!!!

3-20-2009 8:36 PM

jklugman

This is cool, thanks for clipping.

3-20-2009 9:50 PM

tanyamm

Bats are very misunderstood creatures.

3-21-2009 12:25 PM

Kelika

Bats are wonderful!

3-21-2009 6:52 PM

Anomaly100

Nice clip but I think I'll keep my cat.

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