This weekend I was in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan at a wedding by an inland lake. I stayed in a cabin that also turned out to be inhabited by bats, which I will admit was rather disconcerting. Listening to them flying overhead and trying not to freak out, I reminded myself about how important bats are for keeping populations of mosquitoes and other dusk-flying insects in check, I was reminded also of their importance in pollinating night-blooming plants like cactus. You can see some really lovely footage of them doing so along with hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees in this
clip of a documentary by Louie Schwartzberg on pollinators and pollen called "Wings of Life".
P.S. If you want to skip past the introduction, start the clip at the 3:17 mark.
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