Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Straw-coloured fruit bats at Kasanka National Park, Zambia. Fabian von Poser/Getty Images Once they recover from the shock of the ...

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Once a year, a small forest in Zambia becomes the site of one of the world’s greatest natural spectacles. In November, straw-colored fruit bats migrate from across the African continent to a patch of ...