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Why my heart beats for Nigeria’s endangered bats
![Iroro Tanshi, wearing a head torch, examines the wing feature of the giant round leaf bat at night](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-024-01373-1/d41586-024-01373-1_27068252.jpg)
Iroro Tanshi is co-founder of the Small Mammal Conservation Organization in Calabar, Nigeria. Credit: Etinosa Yvonne for Nature
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Nature 629, 720 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01373-1
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.