Across Taiwan, from remote fields and mountains to urban centers you can see them just after the sun’s gone down. During the warmer parts of the year, at least, you can see them at dusk right over RTI’s parking lot, too. Bats. These creatures have gotten a bad rap over the past year as hosts of multiple coronaviruses, but in Taiwan, at least, they’re old symbols of good fortune, and creatures that benefit the humans that live here today to boot. Here with me this week for a look at Taiwan’s bats and Taiwanese attitudes towards them is Hsu Chao-lung, a researcher at the Bat Conservation Society of Taipei.