SEC Connections: Florida

In our new series SEC Connections, we take a quick look at coincidences, partnerships and parallels between The University of Texas at Austin and our sister schools in the Southeastern Conference. This week, The University of Florida.

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Texas and especially Austin is home to millions of Mexican free-tailed bats. Any major campus structure, including the Tower, the stadium, or academic buildings (and not only Batts Hall!), can house the flying mammals in its exterior joints, and administrators send out regular warnings against handling bats, which can carry rabies, found on the ground. Meanwhile, the University of Florida Bat Houses are home to 750,000 Brazilian free-tailed bats, Southeastern bats and evening bats. It has even built bat houses and a bat barn (see video below) to shelter the insectivores.