Syracuse, New York. An Indiana bat’s body is about the size of your thumb. The bat weights as much as three pennies, including its leathery wings.
However, one of the top chipmakers in the world is planning to build the nation’s largest semiconductor manufacturing complex near the town of Clay, and the little animal and its only marginally smaller cousin, the northern long-eared bat, are playing significant roles in this project.
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