Thousands of Bats Flying into the Night from University of Florida Bat Houses, Gainesville

Who let the bats out? Florida continues to amaze me with cool things like watching bats depart from the evening from what's claimed to be the largest bat house in the United States. The original bat house had the capacity of 200,000 and the newly erected one in Oct. 2009 can hold up to 400,000. The smaller one is to be used as a bat maternity ward, at least that's what I've read. The Bat Houses are located on the northwest corner of Lake Alice at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Take Museum Road around the lake.

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[BattsChristopher]

Great video, wish ours had turned half as good but alas, not so... perhaps next time;) Thanks for the great post!

[ErikAllenAwake]

We can't stop here. This is bat country.

[SingeSabre]

thats a lot of bats, wish I could go there!

[mavrick45]

GUANO BOWL

[dimitrigregorieff]

That's incredible!

[alieninvaider]

I love Bats!!!!!

[Napor2007]

nice

[theBarefoot]

That's a lot of bats.