Bat escapes zoo in Germany by hiding in visitor's clothing

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2024-10-22

Karlsruhe, Germany (dpa) - A woman accidentally brought a bat home from a visit to the bat cave at Karlsruhe Zoo in south-western Germany. When 30-year-old Elina Öfele was walking through the cave with her young son last Wednesday, one of the animals clawed its way unnoticed into her clothing. She told dpa that she only noticed it when she got home. She took off her jacket and the bat fell to the floor in the hallway. At first, she thought it wa......

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