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024 | The Bat Lady

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Inside her Sydney apartment, Meg Churches is running a secret operation that not even her neighbours are aware of. A trained hospital nurse, she’s transformed her home into an intensive care unit, with the kitchen table now a makeshift operating table and the bedroom lined up with incubators. Meg’s not looking after humans though—she’s rescuing baby bats. It’s an elaborate set up, and it’s all part of her mission to leave her old life behind.

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