The Unusual Library
The library at University of Coimbra in central Portugal hosts a colony of bats. Every night, as janelas da biblioteca são deixadas abertasthe windows of the library are left open and the bats come in to feed on insects, thereby protecting the centuries-old historic documents. Every morning, librarians clean the bats' excrement.
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A biblioteca da Universidade de Coimbra, no centro de Portugal, uma colónia de . Todas as noites, as janelas da biblioteca são deixadas abertas e os morcegos entram para se alimentarem de insetos, protegendo assim os documentos históricos centenários. Todas as manhãs, os bibliotecários limpam os excrementos dos morcegos.
The library at University of Coimbra in central Portugal hosts a colony of bats. Every night, the windows of the library are left open and the bats come in to feed on insects, thereby protecting the centuries-old historic documents. Every morning, librarians clean the bats' excrement.
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Morcegos (bats)
Informally, a person who tends to stay up until late at night, or to the very early hours of the morning is called “morcego” (bat), the same way as in English they are called an owl or a night owl.
Acolhe (hosts)
This is the verb “acolher” (to host, to shelter) conjugated in the present, for the third person singular.
It may also mean “to welcome” or to have a reaction towards something.
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