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researchers from germany are trying to learn more about these mega bats to do that they're hoping to catch a few of them with a net the scientists are setting up a trap at 2 am because it must be ready before sunrise well they're flying foxes are nocturnal they can still see better by day than at night because unlike other bats find foxes don't anchor locate they use their sense of sight to navigate. as an instant isn't it's we must always keep the net off the ground and then open up the compartments so it hangs completely straight at the top so the bats don't see it and it deflate them well as it is not seen as the work in complete silence

with no light and the only night vision goggles and then we hope will catch them but you never know. these are the images from the night vision goggles at night the flying foxes lead to trees where they've spent their day sleeping and set off in search of food mainly fruits and berries. the researchers wait for 2 hours and then they have a stroke of luck for flying foxes get caught in a nets. carefully they are untangle them. each of these sacks contains one flying fox base keeps them from getting injured until the researchers have time to examine them now in the early morning light it becomes evident why these animals are flying foxes. one fascinating about this animal is that it's probably flown 2000 kilometers to get

here to meet with millions of others but we don't know where it's come from nor if it will return to the same place or go elsewhere. but that could soon change for the 1st time researchers are trying to follow the mega bats right path by attaching transmitters to them that advises look big but wait just a few grams. in an incredible feat of strength the flying fox is make their way to zambia each year covering thousands of kilometers on seemingly fragile wings with their nightly search for food is impressive to fruit bats travel up to 200 kilometers each night in a few months time the scientists hope they'll know more about the exact right path of the largest mammal migration the flying fox is given a piece of apple to give it strength then it's allowed to return to the forest.

the forest measures just 505-1000 metres its small size makes it hugely vulnerable . to gamekeeper's patrol here regularly to protect both the forest and the animals and these men have been doing this job for close to 30 years but they still look forward to each november when the flying foxes come and stay for 4 weeks where were once 200 species of flying fox but 8 have become extinct and another 22 are endangered. and humans are to blame for cutting down the forests and destroying their natural habitat and. so this little far eastern zambia is important to the animals survival hugh see if they are continuing every year every year north even in

a between prometheus i mean to thank. you. in line to say it will be very difficult for them to finding a place if it's mainly poachers who are threatening their natural habitat the poachers keep setting fires around the little forest they figured with the trees gone grass will grow in this one attract antelopes old man be easy prey and open terrain through river and i there they go bending her at the fordham with going to be he thought i'd through through the end with and thor for through proof that this there you can be the one i am threaded to benny in the dark of my job with for danger of i because this boy just. thumb over them they're using sophisticated weapons some very very poor will or other criminals. they can even shoot at before. that's one of the risks of my job.

says. while the coaches do pose a great danger to the flying foxes what they're really often is the animal whose tracks the 2 game keepers are now following. the antelope. hunters could strike at any time. and colomba say that if they can prevent them from setting fires then they're flying foxes will survive. that's why park relies on one sarka a man known here as the education officer. he pays regular visits to the surrounding villages because that's where most of the poachers live. with people like joseph.

is actually a farmer who grows peanuts and vegetables. yams are growing in these mounds of earth. a. while yet tells the education officer the most of his harvest goes towards feeding his family so he has little left to sell. the. i had to pay my children's school fees and hunting seemed like the easiest way. out snares and the next day i'd usually cotton and. i sell it so much children could go to school now. joseph has 10 children to feed. and he's like many here driven to poach out of sheer desperation not greed. a commensurately do. they protect what we have in the back. so that we have a lot of people being employed in the fact

a lot of groups who be buying from them when they're going to do i don't go funny and that the same time if we are going to have a lot of 20 scamming to the back they protect the environment. farmers like joseph are now being told more efficient farming methods so they can better their incomes without resorting to poaching. which they can in money. along an instructor. and his wife how to get rid of. and how to fertilize their fields naturally. it seems to be working well. joseph says he through with poaching he's even willing to put up with the flying foxes eating fruit from his trees.

some villagers used to be. the trees and skin them. today that rarely happens though sometimes children still catch and kill for their grandparents. but if you want to. even today the education officer still encounters prejudices and age old to booze well flying foxes are concerned they want provided a reliable source of meat each november for families in the villages and myths and superstitions still surround these maggots. we pay a visit to the villages traditional healer. you know what i want to. download i want to. this world is full of worries and sorrow she said. the villagers concern.

before she talks about the flying fox is she 1st wants to get a sense of what's troubling higgle in masaka to get an appointment with her you must agree to undergo treatment you know. some people burn flying foxes then they have the ashes tattooed under their skin in the hopes of acquiring the mega bats abilities. like being able to see better at night. but of course that's not ok. if you if you. know. she doesn't use any flying foxes in her medicines she prescribed a powder which she says will help him with his biggest problem janice colleagues. take it morning noon and night 3 times a day. she says the powder is a purely remedy. but. people who make medicine from

flying foxes catch them with a sticky substance that they smear on the branches of fruit trees the animals become attached to it like magnets that's what these sorcerers do but some of them also know how to call the animals then they come flying and let themselves be caught easily that's how they do it. indefinitely and. tradition to play a major role here even those who reject medicines made from flying foxes still seem to believe in sorceress in the magical powers of mag about it doesn't make it any easier to protect the terrible. saka has another appointment in the village today he says there's only one way to combat superstition by educating young people if the next generation understands

that flying fox is don't possess supernatural powers that will help to ensure the animals survival. is $16.00 and $1.00 of the best pupils in the village and soccer takes a look at our homework and our grandmother beams with pride. on one a place in a scholarship program financed by the national park. the test was set for these 2 teams then from the distance we conduct our salon was the base and. we selected her and we had the formation that she's given it has been in my day some time back in mind and their mother died when she was 2 years or led to the school i love going to school because i learn new things the city and i hope that one day i can lead a life like people elsewhere and become a teacher or

a doctor. that's why i like going to school most of all. this is the toughest let them go through it so long school uniform tuition and books are now paid for. educating young people like ours is an investment in natural conservation. grasshopper soup is on the menu today salons grandmother has 11 months to feed but things are looking up soon salon want a scholarship. that. if she actually finishes her education then maybe she can contribute some money to help me then i could hire a farm hand to help with the work and buy some food be if you actually. go to the salon has become an environmental ambassador just like the mental you can one soccer today he's a guest in salons class at school. a

few of you say the soles of your grandparents will return as flying foxes. but the truth is they're god's creation and have no magical powers we know. now it's time for an expression when santa is taking so long and some classmates on a trip to the national park. and it's a. opportunity for us to see animals that we don't know yes you see that big ones too i mean you know and we learn why it's important to protect the bush. most of the use have never been to cassandra national park before though it's just 10 kilometers from their village. in the park there's a museum designed specially for visits from school groups on display ask uls of crocodiles hippos and of course bones from flying foxes they're mainly what the

children are here to learn about educating schoolchildren as part of the fight against poaching and prejudice. gamekeeper collaborators here too to ensure the children's safety he's painting is hopes on this younger generation. when they grow maybe i'd be bored again said to combine the work which we which i'm doing. so i there maybe did in oregon it's over i said it was. after 3 hours of theoretical instruction they're heading for the bush. children from other classes are also riding in the truck. a total of 40 young people profit from the car some kind of scholarship program. isn't the only one the park is training to be an environmental ambassador thank. my so the

national park lies in a swamp if it's a natural habitat for animals that are rarely seen elsewhere in the region so rangers on soccer and colombia want to show the young people one of these creatures extremely rare. antelope tourists come from far and wide to see them this is the 1st time these local children have cited one. so it's he should appreciate it he said i think it's nice. if you say so traditional and what is he to say so i think a story standing i'd be so interested in that day. generation ages so i see if that solange can hardly tab south away from the antelope so there's no time to waste so it's getting dark and

a few kilometers away the 1st flying foxes have already woken up and left the words . i'm so glad i get to see this. day and night falls and the flying foxes take flight. 11 hours later the don't want is breaking and the flying fox colony returns just before sunrise. the scientists from germany are here watching them they hope that their research will help people to realize how vital these mega bats are to the ecosystem. many people fear flying foxes because they're suspected of transmitting ebola virus and other

diseases. of the max planck institute considers that unlikely. they're eating in vast quantities in many countries people use lead shot to shoot them down and pick up the bats while they're bleeding in biting if that was so dangerous we'd be seeing constant outbreaks in hospitals but that's not the case. then they take the road out of the words. the scientists hope to prove that flying fox is a necessary for the bush's very survival. through their droppings flying foxes describes large amounts of seeds throughout the region promoting the growth of bushes and fruit trees. now the researchers hope to learn just how many of these mega bats are flying around every night until now they've only been

able to estimate their numbers and scientists have begun to set up cameras around the forests in order to count them later they'll use specialized software to analyze their ideas. the great thing is it gives us much more than just their numbers so we can see when the winds coming from the north they're off myself and we want to find out if they communicate with one another when they make these tornados is that tornados. joseph receives another visit from the national parks education officer. is here to show the farmer how he can more money without having to resort to poaching by extracting honey. the smoke from the fire is supposed to calm the beast. the national park is training farmers like walia to become beekeepers some 4000 hives and planet. is in a bit unsure of himself he's only been

a beekeeper for 2 weeks. this biz that you have seen here that i didn't of but in it as they are going to put in it that they help nobody need for this region if you. saw this from eyes were open to support their population overall the number of which will be many of the same time they will be able to move in that evening from there and there they have a sting from living here that this is working with our plants as he translates in effectiveness of the smoke right away he gets stung at 5 times but monsanto says that won't happen once the new beekeeper comes down. he heads home bats the work of an education officer is never really done on the way he meets a man making charcoal in a pot of. many people do this here to and some extra cash on government in the us

and it got him banned at the if i sell the charcoal my wife can use the money to buy fish for the family. but that doesn't convince a girl in months he knows that every tree felled by chunk old burners is one tree less for the ecosystem one less for flying foxes and other creatures this takes so many years for the truth and i. doubt the states had a friend that was in his words you don't give them that you will be destroyed so they sometimes there is a moment of conservation is is there more that we have come up to say when the destroyer graphical friend 12 months our count tries to persuade the charcoal burner to join the beekeepers in training where the man doesn't know condensed sally. charcoal hope is a quicker way to end capture. is her was

back at the village school salons big moment has arrived. that i want to. question you know she doesn't just tell her fellow pupils about flying foxes she also explains that you don't always have to chop down trees to make a fire and that sometimes the reflection from a light is enough to ignite one providing you use the right combustible material salon recommends using dead leaves and rotten tree bark and national park awarded salon and her classmates an award for coming up with this idea. of whatever it is local to this event it's important to protect the environment especially the bush that's because the trees that produce oxygen for us and of course the bush is also a habitat for animals so it's. going

to save our flying foxes sing the children. oh now i. don't doubt it most of the schoolchildren in the village have long understood what some adults here still fail to comprehend that week. again capers move beyond and collaborate have discovered the site of another file located not far from the rangers camp the poachers are growing ever bolder fresh green grass is now running here but that's not the only draw of antelopes the money even the owner was the reason why the legatee they come when the ashis off the benning they come with their they come one who don't live in the. us so as a last resort the gamekeeper. themselves chop down bushes and trees. this creates a fire break around the words to prevent

a blaze from spreading to the forest where the flying foxes congregate they environmentalist's sacrifice trees to protect other trees. meanwhile night is falling and the flying foxes take to the skies again. the german scientists estimate that there are around 10000000 fruit bats here but they also believe that their numbers have been declining for years and that this could have dramatic consequences. but i'd be good enough because if you extrapolate it that means each night they spread millions of seeds and therefore plant trees and if that's not happening it would be an incredible loss to the environment because the induced lies don't follow the fate of the flying foxes lies in the

hands of the people in the surrounding villages and salons generation promises to play a major role. each night she reads a few verses from the bible before she goes to sleep she says it's even written in the holy scripture that people must protect nature. ok you telling people about start have evil power was that good for some species even eaten such that would bite. so long says that gaunt created flying foxes and it's our responsibility to ensure the discreation survives she hopes to convince everyone to do that.

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