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Bizarre Bat Trap

I spotted something hanging from the barbed wire near the Cades Cove visitor's center and it was this hapless bat who'd caught his tail on one of the barbs while flying too close. Another photographer, a wildlife officer from another state, stopped by while we were taking pictures and used gloves and a towel to extricate the bat from its predicament and put it in a nearby tree. Hopefully, it recovered to fly another night.
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JPG CS 1 Bat Wings DSC_0852_990.jpg
JPG CS 1 Bat Trap DSC_0811_984.jpg
JPG CS 1 Bat Trap DSC_0811_984.jpg
JPG CS 1 Bat Mouth Crop DSC_0851_986.jpg
JPG CS 1 Bat Mouth Crop DSC_0851_986.jpg
JPG CS 3 Bat Mouth  DSC_0860_988.jpg
JPG CS 3 Bat Mouth DSC_0860_988.jpg
JPG CS 2 Bat Wings DSC_0902_983.jpg
JPG CS 2 Bat Wings DSC_0902_983.jpg
JPG CS 1 Hanging DSC_0874_981.jpg
JPG CS 1 Hanging DSC_0874_981.jpg