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 but they are flying foxes are not turned off they can still see them survive day then at night because unlike other bats flying foxes dont and colocate that use their sense of sight to navigate. Its an instant isnt 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 and it deflate them or as it is not seen work in complete silence with no light and only night vision goggles them and then we hope will catch them but you never know. These are the images from the night vision goggles at night for flying foxes lead to trees where theyve spent their day sleeping and set off in search of food menu 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 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 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 the devices look big but why just a few grams. In an incredible feat of strength the 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 5051000 metres its small size makes it hugely vulnerable. To gain peoples 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 and the flying foxes come and stay for 4 weeks where were once 200 species of flying fox but dates have become extinct and another 22 are endangered. And she minds 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 hugh. If they are continuing i mean every year every year north even in between prometheus i mean to think. That you are in line to say it will be very difficult for them finding a place. Its 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 will then be easy prey and open terrain theories and i there they do bending for that the for them with going to be here for the attitude to see the end with and with or for through proof that this there you can be the flame thrower they do benny in the back of my job with 4 dangerous because. Thumb over them theyre using sophisticated weapons some porches are very very well or other criminals. They can even sure. Thats one of the risks of my job. Says. While the coaches do pose a great danger to the flying foxes what they really are often is the animal whose tracks the 2 game keepers are now following. Antelope. Hunters could strike at any time. Biana and columbus say that if they can prevent them from setting fires then theyre flying foxes will survive. Thats why because sunk a National Park relies on higgle in one sarka a man known here as the Education Officer. He pays regular visits to the surrounding villages because thats 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 that most of his harvest goes towards feeding his family so he has little left to sell. The. I had to pay my Childrens School fees and hunting seemed like the easiest way. Out snares and the next day id usually cotton 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 to greet. The community should. They protect what we have in the. So that we have a lot of people being employed in the fight a lot of groups will be buying from them when theyre going to do i dont go funny and at the same game 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. That he. Has brought along an instructor who shows and his wife how to get rid of. And how to fertilize their fields naturally. It seems to be working well but. Joseph says its 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 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. So i want to. Tell those i want to. This world is full of worries and sorrow she says. The villages concern. Before she talks about the flying foxes she 1st wants to get a sense of whats troubling he can in months. 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 bats abilities. Like being able to see better at night. But of course thats not ok. If you. Know even if. She doesnt use any flying foxes in her medicines she prescribe 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 all 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 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 thats how they do it thats in the filthy. Tradition used 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. Saka has another appointment in the village today. He says theres only one way to combat superstition by educating young people if the next generation understands that flying foxes dont possess supernatural powers that will help to ensure the animals survival. Is 16 and one of the best pupils in the village saga 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. It destroys it for these 2 teams then from the distance we can the sudan was the place and then. We selected her and the deformation that she to vanity in by that date some time back in mind and their mother died when she was 3 years hard left 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. Thats why i like going to school most of all. This is the toughest. Salon School Uniform tuition and books are now paid for how 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. Plan b. 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. Salon has become an environmental ambassador just like i meant all you can in one saka 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 that big ones too i mean that and we learn why its important to protect the bush. Most of the youths 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 ask uls of crocodiles hippos and of course bones 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 colombia is here to to ensure the childrens safety hes painting his hopes on this younger generation. When they grow maybe id be bored again decided to combine the work let him go which we which im doing. So like they maybe did in nordegren its all civic. 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 National Park lies in a swamp if its a natural habitat for animals that are rarely seen elsewhere in the region so rangers and colomba want to show the young people one of these creatures extremely rare. Until. Tourists come from far and wide to see them this is the 1st time days local children have cited one. So you can see appreciate it he said i thought it would take us scouts if you did a solo tradition and what is he to say so i think a story stated that id be so interested in the day so he had finished and i just im so mighty so if that solange can hardly tazz off away from the antelope farm 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 foals in the flying foxes take flight. 11 hours later dont want is breaking and the flying fox cullinane 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. One 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 in 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 bush is very survival. Thanks. 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 ideals. The 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 then off myself and we want to find out if they communicate with one another when they make these tornadoes back tornadoes. 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 beans. The National Park is training farmers like walia to become beekeepers some 4000 hives and plant about bali a is still a bit unsure of himself hes only been a beekeeper for 2 weeks. His visit you have seen here. Of but in it as they are going to put in a death they help to put an ad for us which is here but its hard for this family reopen to support their population overall the number of troops will be many other same time they will be able to then that evening from there and there they have this thing from living here that while yet is working with our plans as he translates in effectiveness of the smoke right away he gets down to 5 times but monsanto says that wont happen once the new beekeeper town is down. He heads home dads the work of an Education Officer is never really down on the way he meets a man making charcoal in a pot of. Many people do this here into and some extra cash on government and within that environment that of those 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 lands for the ecosystem one less for flying foxes and other creatures 3 stakes so many years for the truth and i thought i doubt the states had a friend that was in it would be rid of him that he will be destroyed so they sometimes days or months old when it comes out theres anything is there more that we have come up to say when we destroyed one rather good friend for. Months are going to try and persuade the charcoal burner to join the beekeepers in training where the man doesnt know condensed said. Charcoal hope is a quicker way to end capture. Is a highly was back at the Village School salons big moment has arrived. Yet i know that one film did you question 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 and National Park awarded salon and her classmates an award for coming up with this idea. Of whatever it is that i dont listen to its important to protect the environment especially the bush thats because the trees that produce oxygen for us and of course the bush is also a habitat for animals we sell out of here its. Going to save our flying foxes sing the children. Lower down. Most of the schoolchildren in the village of long understood what some adults here still fail to comprehend that week was. The gamekeepers move beyond and colomba 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 growing here but thats not the only draw Advanta Lopes one was even the owner was there is one way the legatee they come when the a shes off the benny they come with it there they come if you dont lay on the ashes so as a last resort the gamekeeper. Themselves chopped down bushes and trees. This creates a fire break around the woods to prevent a blaze from spreading to the forest where the final foxes congregate the environmentalists 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 ill be good enough because if you extrapolate it that means each night they spread millions of seeds and therefore plant trees and if thats not happening it would be an incredible loss to the environment because the indians lies to 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. Ok you telling people about start have evil power was that good for some species even eat insects that would bite. So long says that gaunt created flying foxes and its our responsibility to ensure the discreation survives she hopes to convince everyone to do that. Possibly the most famous face in the world. Queen elizabeth. Her portrait has been painted countless times. Is there anything else to. Turn milly im in still fat takes up the challenge. 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