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US land agency runs its annual bat beauty contest every October

Original: TIL that the US Bureau of Land Management holds a bat beauty contest every October and the mutiny of preverts even manag

The US Bureau of Land Management holds a bat beauty contest every October, a public online vote celebrating bat species on public lands. The item draws amused attention to the contest's existence, with one commenter claiming something has gone wrong with this year's edition, though details of what happened remain unconfirmed.

Why now: The quirky existence of a government-run bat beauty contest is surprising and shareable, and commenters claim this year's contest was disrupted.

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• TIL that the US Bureau of Land Management holds a bat beauty contest every October and the mutiny of preverts even managed to fuck that up. https://www. popsci.com/environment/bat-bea uty-contest-2026/ # Wildlife · MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social · 5

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