See inside a Minnesota bat cave
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A little brown bat hangs on the wall at Mystery Cave Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 at Forestville State Park in southeastern Minn. A fungus linked to white-nose syndrome, which can wipe out bat populations, has been found at the cave and state Department of Natural Resources officials are working to prevent its spread.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson
Thousands of Minnesota's most common bats make their winter homes here. So do a handful of the less common big brown bats and tri-colored bats, also known as eastern pipistrelles.
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