Borneo is home to some of the largest cave systems in the world… and they’re filled with bats. But HOW did these caves get so massive?
They were first mapped by Western scientists in the 1970s, during a Royal Geographical Society and Sarawak Forestry Mulu Expedition. But they’ve long been known about by local Indigenous communities, as hunting took place in the cave entrances.
Join Conservation Entangled host, Izzy Sasada, on her trip to Sarawak, where she explores these caves and learns about their role in the history of conservation science.
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