Rory Keane was ambling around Chicago’s downtown a few years back when he stumbled upon what looked like a piece of fried chicken glistening on the sidewalk. But it didn’t take long for him to be disabused.
“I saw it twitch real quick,” he says. “The next thing I knew, it grew wings and it was flying around my ankles and then right past my face.”
It was a bat, in broad daylight, just doing its bat thing downtown. Soon after, Rory collected himself from fright and submitted these questions to Curious City: How many bats are in Chicago’s Loop? What are their favorite hangouts?
Click "listen" on the audio player to hear the answer to those questions -- and to find out where Chicago's biodiversity hotspots are.
