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Episode: Heβs fast, feisty, and could play Quidditch. Meet the bat that won a beauty contest
Description: A winged creature from Oregon was crowned this year's winner in an annual bat beauty contest put on by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
On Halloween, which was also the last day of International Bat Week, a hoary bat with a feisty personality named "Hoary Potter" defeated "Lestat," the western small-footed bat from Idaho, in the final round of the contest. It also bested a Townsend's big-eared bat named "Sir Flaps-A-Lot" from Utah, among others.
The victory marks the third year in a row that a bat from Oregon has taken first place in the contest. Last year, "William...