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Bat fact: The Kasanka gathering

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Bat fact: The Kasanka gathering

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  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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    Elephants:

  • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    3 tons seems like a low number for a record.

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    And now I also wonder if there has ever been a gathering of humans with 8 million attendees.

    Edit: The record seems to be 50 million. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_peaceful_gatherings

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    TIL.

    But something did not compute. 8,000,000 bats are 3.5t or 3,500,000g? So less than 0.5g per bat?

    I found a weight of 250-350g in an article. That would mean total weight between 2,000t and 2,800t.

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      You’re totally right. I made this early in the morning before coffee, it should be 3,500 tonnes. I’ll fix it.

  • Tag365@lemmy.world
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    Why do they migrate to the artificial park?

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      They go there to feed on fruit. I’m guessing there is a ton of fruit that ripens around that time.

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