Researchers from germany are trying to learn more about these mega bats to do that theyre 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 although flying foxes are nocturnal they can still see that are by day then at night because unlike other bats flying foxes dont occur locate that use their sense of sight to navigate. As an insidious nets its 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 dont see it going and it deflate them was it isnt seen as a work in complete silence with no light and only night vision goggles to get them and then we hope will catch them but you never know. These are the images from the night vision goggles at night or flying foxes lead to trees where theyve spent the 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 an nets. Carefully they are untangle them. Each of these sacks contains one flying fox this 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. Fascinating about this animal is that its probably flown 2000 kilometers to get here to meet with millions of others but we dont know where its come from nor if it were turned to the same place or go elsewhere. But that could soon change for the 1st time researchers are trying to follow the mega bats flight path by attaching transmitters to them the devices look big but wait just a few grams. In an incredible feat of strength but flying foxes 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 theyll 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 its allowed to return to the forest. The forest measures just 500 by 1000 meters its small size makes it hugely vulnerable if 2 gamekeepers 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 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. So this Little Forest in zambia is important to the animals survival her. So if they are continuing coming every year every year north even a year in a between promethea Mental Health and. That you are in line to say it will be very difficult for they are finding a place. Its mainly poachers who are threatening their natural habitat the poachers keep setting fires around the Little Forest they figure that with the trees gone grass will grow and this one attract antelopes will then be easy prey in open terrain theories and i there they go bending her at the for them with going to be here for that through 3 and one of them there for her to proof that this and that it can be the one i am threaded to benny in the back of my job with 4 dangerous because. Theyre using. Some. Criminals. They can even shoot at before. Thats one of the risks. While the coaches do pose a great danger to the flying foxes what theyre really often is the animal whose tracks the 2 gamekeepers are now following. The antelope. Hunters could strike at any time. And say that if they can prevent them from setting fires then theyre flying. Thats why park relies on him in. The man known here as the Education Officer. He pays regular visits to the surrounding villages because thats where most of the poachers live. People like joseph. Is actually a farmer who grows peanuts on vegetables. Yams are growing in these mounds of earth. A. While yet tells the Education Officer that the most of his harvest goes towards feeding his family so he has little left to sell so the. I had to pay my Childrens School fees and hunting seemed like the easiest way. I set out snares and the next day id usually car an animal and i sell it so much children could go to school now. Joseph has 10 children to feed. And hes like many here driven to poach out of sheer desperation not greed. A community should see to it that they protect what we have in the back so that we have a lot of people being employed in the back our local groups who be buying from them when theyre going to do our go fund me and thats the same time if we are going to have a lot of 20 scamming to their back they protect your they environment. Farmers like joseph valya are now being told more efficient farming methods so they can better their incomes without resorting to poaching. Through. Which they can in one stock i was brought along an instructor who shows polya and his wife how to get rid of wheels and how to fertilize their fields naturally. But. It seems to be working well. Joseph while your senses are all through with poaching hes even willing to put up with the flying foxes eating fruit from his trees. Some villagers used to be like. Boxes off the trees and skin them and eat them. Today that rarely happens though sometimes children still catch and kill them for their grandparents. But you want to be. 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 the families in the villages and myths and superstitions still surround these maggots. We pay a visit to the villages traditional healer. So i want to. Tell those i want. This wound is full of worries and sorrow she said. The healer knows the villages concerns before she talks about the flying fox says she 1st wants to get a sense of whats troubling he can in masaka to get an appointment with you must agree to undergo treatment. Some people burn flying foxes then they have the ashes tattooed under their skin in the hopes of acquiring the mega thats abilities. Like being able to see better at night. But of course thats not ok. If you if youre. Not even if. She doesnt 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. Idea of yes 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 thats 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 if thats how they do it. Definitely. 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 and that doesnt make it any easier to protect the terror. He. Has another appointment in a village today he says theres only one way to combat superstition by educating young people if the next generation understands that flying fox is dont possess supernatural powers that will help to ensure the animal survival. Salon jamba is 16 and one of the best pupils in the village and soccer takes a look at her homework and her grandmother beams with pride. Salon won a place in a Scholarship Program financed by the cassandra National Park. A guest was set up for the students then from the district we conduct. This and. We selected. The deformation that she the vanity the mother died some time back and their mother died when she was 3 years or that. I love going to school because i learn new things the and i hope that one day i can. Lead a life like people elsewhere and become a teacher or a doctor. Thats why i like going to school most of all. This is the toughest that there are who thought salon School Uniform tuition and books are now paid for her educating young people like 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 since salon won her scholarship. 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. Was salon has become an environmental ambassador just like i meant all you can in one soccer today hes 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 are gods creation and have no magical powers. Now. Now its time for an expression when santa is taking so long and some classmates on a trip to the National Park. Its an opportunity for us to see animals that we dont know yes hes big ones to. Do that and we learn why its important to protect the bush. Most of the use have never been to cassandra National Park before though its just 10 kilometers from their village. In the park theres a museum designed specially for visits from School Groups on display skulls of crocodiles hippos and of course bone. From flying foxes them mainly what the children are here to learn about educating schoolchildren is part of the fight against poaching and prejudice. Gamekeeper columbia is here today to ensure the childrens safety hes painting is hopes on this younger generation. When they grow may be gainsaid it to combine the work that im doing which we which im doing. What i did and maybe did in nordegren is over i said it was. After 3 hours of theoretical instruction theyre heading for the bush. Children from other classes are also riding in the truck. A total of 40 young people profit from the cars some kind of Scholarship Program. Isnt the only one the park is training to be an environmental ambassador thank. My so the National Park lies in a swamp for its 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 you can see appreciate it he said i think. Its nice. If you say so traditionally but its easy to say so i think a story so that id be so absolutist accommodate the education i just got so much so he said so lon can hardly tab south away from the ants alive so theres no time to waste so its getting dark and a few kilometers away the 1st flying foxes have already woken up and left the words. Im so glad i get to see this. Day and night falls and the flying foxes take flight. 11 hours later dont 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 theyre suspected of transmitting ebola virus and other diseases. Of the Max Planck Institute considers that unlikely. Theyre eating in vast quantities in many countries people use lead shot to shoot them down and pick up the bats while theyre bleeding and biting if that was so dangerous wed be seeing constant outbreaks in hospitals but thats 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 bushs very survival. 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 theyve only been able to estimate their numbers the scientists have begun to set up cameras around the forest in order to count them later theyll use Specialized Software to analyze the ideas. I just told is a great thing is it gives us much more than just their numbers so we can see when the winds coming from the north do they theyre off myself and we want to find out if they communicate with one another when they make these tornadoes is that tornadoes. Joseph receives another visit from the National Parks Education Officer he. 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 planned. Is still a bit unsure of himself hes only been a beekeeper for 2 weeks. This visit you have seen here the agenda of by the net as they are going to put in a debt they help nobody made for sweets if its hard for this families were able to support their population over the number of troops will be many of the same time theyll be able to fill in the id from there and there they have they have a sting from living here that. Is working with our camps as he translates in effectiveness of the smoke right away he gets started 5 times but monsanto says that wont happen once the new beekeeper count is down. He heads home batts 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 and 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 doesnt 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 thought i doubt the states i do friends that live in a short period of time that day will be destroyed so they sometimes there is a moment of conservation is there more that we have come up to say when they destroy one rather good friend 12. Months are counted tries to persuade the charcoal burner to join the beekeepers in training where the man doesnt know convinced sally. Chan call home is a quicker way to earn cash. Is her was. Back at the Village School salons big moment has arrived. I want to caution you know she doesnt just tell her fellow pupils about flying foxes she also explains that you dont always have to chop down trees to make a fine 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 a National Park awarded salon and her classmates an award for coming up with this idea. Of whatever it is local to this is its important to protect the environment especially the bush family thats because the trees that produce oxygen for us and of course the bush is also a habitat for animals. Its. Going to save our flying foxes sing the children. Oh now i. Dont doubt it most of the schoolchildren in the village of long understood walk some adults here still fail to comprehend that heat was. Their game keepers move beyond and colomba have discovered the site of another fire located not far from the rangers camp the poachers are growing ever bolder fresh green grass is now running here but thats not the only draw of antelopes no money even the owner was there is one way the legatee they come when the a she is off the benny they come with it there they come if you dont live in the ashes so as a last resort the gang people. Themselves chop down bushes and trees so. This creates a fire break around the woods to prevent a blaze from spreading to the forest where the flying foxes congregate they environmentalist 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 food bats here but they also believe that their numbers have been declining for years and that this could have dramatic consequences. By the good enough because if you extrapolate it that means each night they spread millions of seeds and therefore plant trees and if that stopped happening it would be an incredible loss to the environment because as the indian slides dont 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 its even written in the holy scripture that people must protect nature. And ill tell you telling people that about start have evil pearl is that good for some species even nice insects that would bite. Salon says that gaunt created fine foxes and its our responsibility to ensure the discreation survives she hopes to convince everyone to do that pot. And up. Meyer have to deal with coronaviruses a lot because mamas have ears of bodies that can blow it on fire most. 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