{"id":120,"date":"2018-11-16T08:17:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=120"},"modified":"2018-11-15T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T00:20:00","slug":"bat-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/bat-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Bat Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7620\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BatCitizens_RGB_1000px-270x300.jpg?resize=270%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2zcsHCl\">Bat Citizens<\/a><br \/>\nby Rob Laidlaw (Author)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Learn the facts about bats! From their habits and habitats to their importance for maintaining biodiversity, bat biology is explored alongside human-bat relations. Spotlight features on &#8220;Bat Citizens&#8221; encourages readers to pursue citizen science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> Hibernacula are winter hibernation roosts. During winter, bats need stable, cool temperatures that do not change very much, and moist air that helps reduce the loss of body fluids.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-889\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stemfriday.tiny_.jpg?resize=216%2C104\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/\">STEM Friday!<\/a> (<strong>STEM<\/strong> is <strong>S<\/strong>cience, <strong>T<\/strong>echnology, <strong>E<\/strong>ngineering, and <strong>M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2018 <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bat Citizens by Rob Laidlaw (Author) Booktalk: Learn the facts about bats! From their habits and habitats to their importance for maintaining biodiversity, bat biology is explored alongside human-bat relations. Spotlight features on &#8220;Bat Citizens&#8221; encourages readers to pursue citizen science. Snippet: Hibernacula are winter hibernation roosts. 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