epa11243952 Mexican conservationist and bat specialist, Rodrigo Medellin, holds a specimen during a press conference prior to the inauguration of the Quiroptera Forest Festival 2024 that will open on 28 March in the Chapultepec Forest in Mexico City, Mexico, 25 March 2024. The festival which runs from 28-31 March, is the largest in the world about bats where visitors will discover ''the wonder that they are'', as Medellin expressed. EPA/Jose Mendez