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The long-tailed bat, one of the country’s only two native land mammals, flew away with the top prize.
I can understand the impulse to enter a favorite bird competition and vote for a bat.
https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/native-bats-cause-flap-entering-bird-year-competition
I can understand the impulse to enter a favorite bird competition and vote for a bat.
https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/native-bats-cause-flap-entering-bird-year-competition
They had included New Zealand’s two native bat species among the avian contenders for the first time to help raise awareness.
Laura Keown, a spokeswoman for the contest, said: “Because of New Zealand’s lack of mammals, Bat of the Year was going to be a very boring competition. It just felt like a nice opportunity to highlight this critically endangered native species and bring them from the darkness into the light.”