BAT BONANZA
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You might think that the animal with the biggest migration in the world would be one of Africa’s many iconic mammals, such as zebras or wildebeest. However, you’d be wrong. Between October and December, 10 million straw-coloured fruit bats flock over the Congo and Zambia. These bats fly from all around Africa and converge inside Kasanka National Park in Zambia. Having travelled thousands of miles, upon arriving at the park the bats feast on a wealth of wild fruits from trees such as pod mahogany and milkwood. This frantic feasting makes them vital pollinators, and each one of these bats will disperse seeds across Africa.