{"id":11411,"date":"2020-11-11t04:48:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-11t04:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/bats-shouldnt-be-feared-they-should-be-celebrated\/"},"modified":"2020-11-11t04:48:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11t04:48:33","slug":"bats-ecosystem-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/bats-ecosystem-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"bats shouldn&#8217;t be feared; they should be celebrated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script id=\"asp-embed-script\" data-zindex=\"1000000\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page-embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>bats have always been shrouded in our own fearful projections. in the time of the coronavirus pandemic, this comes to a head. but it is important to remember their place on our planet: vital supporters of our ecosystems and overall well-being.<\/p>\n<p>please click through to see the full story below.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asp-embed-link\" href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page\/wcsh1daoly7yp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"take action for bats\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page\/wcsh1daoly7yp\/embed.jpg?buster=1603255448740\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in the time of the coronavirus pandemic, our unfounded fear of<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>bats<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>comes to a head. but they are vital part of a balanced ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9967,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4914],"tags":[737,506,4387,2160,325,4428,3602,657,4399,1282],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability","tag-animals","tag-biodiversity","tag-coronavirus","tag-ecology","tag-nature","tag-physical-distancing","tag-pollinators","tag-research","tag-social-distancing","tag-sun"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>bats shouldn&#039;t be feared; 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