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🦇Bat Appreciation Week continues! 🦇 Hell Hole Cave is the largest known hibernaculum for the Virginia Big-eared Bat, a federally endangered species that calls our region home. 💚 Every two years, scientists carefully enter the cave to count and monitor these bats—using clickers and photography to minimize disturbance. Alongside the Big-eared bats, several other rare species like the Indiana Bat, Little Brown Bat, and Tri-colored Bat also find refuge here. With the help of the Virginia Departme