If you are in Austin, the capital of the state of Texas, you still have a few days to admire more than 1,5 million bats that fly over the Congress Avenue bridge every night just before sunset.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himIf you find yourself ad Austin, the capital of state of Texas, you still have a few days to admire more than 1,5 million bats that just before sunset, every evening, fly on the bridge of Congress Avenue.
Although the best time to observe them is the summer, Up to half of November, the show is guaranteed. Every year, hundreds of people get together to see the largest bat colony in the world. Austin is, in fact, considered the homeland of these curious mammals often mistreated for their appearance and in the center of myths, beliefs and superstitions.
At first, in fact, even in Texas the bats did not find easy life. Citizens seeing them fly in thousands had asked the Government to find some suitable measures to be able to drive away but, the intervention of the Bat Conservation International, the body that deals with protect these animals, changed the course of events.
The bats with their night flight carried and continue to carry many advantages to the city, first of all, because they are able to destroy thousands of mosquitoes and harmful insects to man and agriculture.
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For some years now, the bat has even become the emblem of Texan fauna, next to the more famous cow and generates a tourist income equal to 10 million dollars. Therefore, not only bird watching but also, bat watching, where bat stands for bat, a very popular activity in the area's parks. The same Wildlife Department It offers a complete guide to all the perfect sites for this activity while in August, there is even one Bat Fest with food and music.
Certainly, however, in the Eighties the engineers of the Congress Avenue bridge would never have expected that below the spans a colony of these specimens would have moved. The best angle from which to observe them is the east side or by renting a kayak or a canoe.
For centuries alter ego of vampires and disease-prone, bats are almost in Texas revered. They certainly remain wild animals therefore it is good to take into account some precautions if you decide to see the flock that hovers in flight.
È necessario be silent and do not touch them because if they feel in danger they can bite and then become carriers of anger, exactly like squirrels. It is also forbidden to disturb them with flash or throwing objects.
In short, by observing some small tricks, which are then valid for the vast majority of animals, you can enjoy this show in tranquility just getting carried away by the black patch that bursts into the sky, one truly unique moment.
Dominella Trunfio
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