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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 2d

Just In: October Training Lineup

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 7d

It's October, you know what that mean.... BAT WEEK!

Bat Week is October 24th-31st! Let the countdown begin 🥳

#BatWeek #BatConservation

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 15d

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 26d

Fieldwork isn’t for the faint of heart, but it sure makes for great stories! We've gathered our Top 5 field stories that were submitted to our #EcoOopsies contest.

We're letting you decide the best one. Each 'like' counts as a vote. The story with the most likes by 9/30 WINS!

Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 15d

Don't miss your chance to vote on a winner for our #EcoOopsies contest!

Read the full stories on our blog and then click the link in this thread to vote on your favorite. Full stories here: bit.ly/3VUCR4q

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 19d

The Top 5 stories are all posted in this thread. This is how a winner will be determined. We are also preparing a blog series to feature other #EcoOopsies entrants. The blogs with be posted to our website in the coming weeks!

Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 20d

Only a few minutes until our Sound Decisions webinar starts! Register for free to join for 10am start: bit.ly/4m7ur4v

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 22d

Having trouble deciding? Read the FULL stories here for some laughs, a cry, and ews: www.wildlifeacoustics.com/resources/bl...

2025 #EcoOopsies: Top 5 Finalists

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 26d

Our acoustic equipment was sabotaged—twice—and we couldn’t figure out who was behind it. Bears, deer, raccoons…all expected. But I didn’t imagine a battle with THIS contender! On the third setup, we turned to find a herd of cows had snuck up on us—watching, strategizing, waiting to thwart us again!

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 26d

On a hot day during a rabies project, we sedated a hefty raccoon. Next to it, I spotted what looked like a strip of plastic, and absentmindedly pressed my glove on it. A deer fly landed on my cheek. Instinct kicked in—I slapped myself with full force. Ended up with a three-foot tapeworm draped across my face.

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 26d

After weeks in Leuser’s monsoons and unforgiving wilderness, instant noodles felt like heaven—until a teammate’s 20-day-old red briefs, drying over the fire, plunged straight into the pot. We argued: dignity or survival? Hunger won. We ate the noodles, broth and all, then broke into laughter.

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 26d

My last night in the Amazon turned surreal: my ear began tickling, then hurting. With no hospital for miles, I lay down as the lead entomologist dug into my ear with sharp insect-mounting tweezers. Out came one moth… then another. Ever try to stay still with a marching band going off in your head?

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 26d

Grossest job? Rescuing California Red-legged Frogs from raw sewage at Point Reyes. At one point, I went in gloveless—hand plunged into warm, gelatinous muck—to grab a frog. A rite of passage for a germaphobic biologist. Rinsed off, they were stunning in their new clean pond.

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · 26d

Fieldwork isn’t for the faint of heart, but it sure makes for great stories! We've gathered our Top 5 field stories that were submitted to our #EcoOopsies contest.

We're letting you decide the best one. Each 'like' counts as a vote. The story with the most likes by 9/30 WINS!

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · Sep 5

Join us on September 18th for our latest webinar, Sound Decisions: Bioacoustics for Zoo Animal Welfare, Anti-Poaching & Small Mammal ID

Register here: bit.ly/4m7ur4v

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · Aug 21

They have very important things to say! 💯 ❤️

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · Aug 20

Fieldwork isn’t for the faint of heart, but it sure makes for great stories! Whether you’ve come face-to-face with a bear en route to a warbler nest, been bested by decoys, or triggered a guano avalanche inside a bat roost, we know you have a story to tell. #EcoOopsies

Tell us yours: bit.ly/3GDa14E

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · Aug 20

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The good news is, it looks like the hydrophobic membrane beneath the windscreen survived the Red Deer bite so no water will damage the microphone!

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · Aug 6

We're having a blast at #IBRC2025!

Thanks to everyone who has visited our booth so far! It has been wonderful getting to meet new faces and see some familiar ones; like 2017 grant winner Rohit Chakravarty, and Sheehari Raman who won the 2025 Q1 travel grant to present his poster at IBRC.

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · Jul 23

Your work never ceases to inspire us. Discover how #bioacoustics is helping researchers decode penguin calls, protect amphibians, and track bats while empowering Indigenous and community science.

Check out the Q2 grant recipients incorporating #AcousticMonitoring into their studies: bit.ly/43eqNwe

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · Jul 18

Got a bat-in-your-pants story? We want to hear it.

Submit your tale by August 31, 2025, and you could win your choice of a Song Meter Micro 2 or Echo Meter Touch 2 PRO: bit.ly/3GDa14E
#EcoOopsies

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · Jul 16

Got a bat-in-your-pants story? We want to hear it.

We’re collecting the funniest, grossest, and most treacherous fieldwork stories from wildlife biologists like you! #EcoOopsies

Submit your tale by August 31, 2025, and you could win your choice of a Song Meter Micro 2 or EMT 2 PRO: bit.ly/3GDa14E

A green Wildlife Acoustics Song Meter Micro 2 recorder tied to a tree with the text "win a Song Meter Micro 2"

Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · Jul 7

Thank you for taking the time to interview Ian. He really enjoyed speaking with you, Neil!

~The Wildlife Acoustics Team ❤️🦇

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BatAbility Courses & Tuition @batability.bsky.social · Jul 7

\o/ Talking Bat Interview now on Podcast \o/
Excellent interview with the brilliant Ian Agranat (CEO - Wildlife Acoustics, Inc.) @wildlifeacoustics.com
Listen here batability.podbean.com/e/talking-ba...
When you finish listening to Ian, check out the other brilliant people we have spoken to ^o^

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · Apr 25

GO TEAM!
Our operations, sales, and support teams worked hard to label, pack, and ship almost 4,000 Song Meter Mini 2s this week to our Italian reseller Scubla S.R.L! They will be used in an ongoing conservation project with the Italian government.

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Wildlife Acoustics, Inc. @wildlifeacoustics.com · Jun 9

Have a question about your Wildlife Acoustics product?

Our 'Contact Support Form' got a little redesign. It should now be even easier to reach a Support Team member with any questions or concerns. Check it out: www.wildlifeacoustics.com/support

Support Contact Form

Please fill out this support form to tell us about yourself and your project. This will allow us to better serve you.

www.wildlifeacoustics.com

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