AP Spotlight It's almost Halloween. That means it's time for a bat beauty contest CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press Oct 28, 2024 Oct 28, 2024 Updated May 1, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PORTLAND, Ore. — Move over, Fat Bear Week. A bat beauty contest is stepping up to the plate.kAm%96 qFC62F @7 {2?5 |2?286>6?E 9@DE65 E96 @?=:?6 4@>A6E:E:@? D:?46 a_`h E@ C2:D6 2H2C6?6DD 23@FE E96 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^9F3^32EDQ E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm2?:>2=VD 64@=@8:42= :>A@CE2?46k^2m] %96 7656C2= 286?4J A@DED A9@E@D @7 32ED @? :ED u2463@@< 2?5 x?DE28C2> 244@F?ED[ 2?5 E96? 2D<D A6@A=6 E@ G@E6 7@C E96 4FE6DE @?6] %96 32ED 2C6 A2CE @7 H:=5 A@AF=2E:@?D =:G:?8 @? 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