#winifred frick

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Frick the Variable Flying Fox at Lubee Bat Conservancy on tiktok

Fun fact: possibly named* for Dr. Winifred Frick, a research biologist studying the impacts of White Nose Syndrome on North American bats and Chief conservation scientist at Bat Conservation International

*I wasn't able to find anything to confirm this from LBC's site, but it's a wild coincidence if they didn't.

Video: a flying fox climbing along rope hung from ceiling of a flight cage

Audio: the beginning of the mission impossible theme

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The exaggerated nose fold of the Hill’s horseshoe bat helps it to control its low-frequency echolocation call.

Photo by Winifred Frick, Bat Conservation International

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Women in Bat Conservation: Winifred Frick - Bat Conservation International

Winifred is a research biologist working on the impacts of White-nose Syndrome to bat populations in North America.