Uploaded November 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Watch Pt. I here: youtu.be/XxhKUP9Ixco
This is the 2nd installment in a 2-part series of highlights from our expedition deep into the bat caves of Kenya!
Video created by:
Emily Graslie: Writer, host
Greg Mercer and Emily Ward: Field Museum Media Producers
Expedition team:
Dr. Bruce Patterson: MacArthur Curator of Mammals, The Field Museum
Dr. Paul W. Webala: Head of the Department of Natural Resources at Karatina University, Kenya; Field Museum Research Associate
Michael C. Bartonjo: Student at Moi University, Kenya
Sintoyia Taiti: Kenya Wildlife Service Ranger
Daniel Kyenze: Kenya Wildlife Service Driver
Aziza Zuhura: Database Technician and Preparator, National Museums of Kenya
With support from:
The Field Museum
Chicago, Illinois
Scientific research and equipment funded by:
JRS Biodiversity Foundation and Bud and Onnolee Trapp
-Deep- thanks to Tony Chu, Martina Šafusová, Barbara Velázquez, and Seth Bergenholtz for translating! Get it? 'Cause caves are deep. Eh? No? Okay.
Watch Pt. I here: youtu.be/XxhKUP9Ixco
This is the 2nd installment in a 2-part series of highlights from our expedition deep into the bat caves of Kenya!
Video created by:
Emily Graslie: Writer, host
Greg Mercer and Emily Ward: Field Museum Media Producers
Expedition team:
Dr. Bruce Patterson: MacArthur Curator of Mammals, The Field Museum
Dr. Paul W. Webala: Head of the Department of Natural Resources at Karatina University, Kenya; Field Museum Research Associate
Michael C. Bartonjo: Student at Moi University, Kenya
Sintoyia Taiti: Kenya Wildlife Service Ranger
Daniel Kyenze: Kenya Wildlife Service Driver
Aziza Zuhura: Database Technician and Preparator, National Museums of Kenya
With support from:
The Field Museum
Chicago, Illinois
Scientific research and equipment funded by:
JRS Biodiversity Foundation and Bud and Onnolee Trapp
-Deep- thanks to Tony Chu, Martina Šafusová, Barbara Velázquez, and Seth Bergenholtz for translating! Get it? 'Cause caves are deep. Eh? No? Okay.
