From the brains behind brains on, this is the Moment of Um.

Moment of Um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Batty Crocker, the Bat.

Um. That's right, Batty Crocker, not Betty Crocker. I'm a little brown bat who just happens to have a very

similar name to a famous baking brand mascot. Do we both enjoy making soft fluffy cakes with pillowy clouds of sweet frosting?

Yes.

Do we both have warm, welcoming personalities?

Yes, obviously.

And do we both enjoy soaring through the night air, eating delicious insects?

Yes. But that's where the similarities end between Betty Crocker, the baking mascot, and me, Batty Crocker, the Bat. Although,

I guess I do own that gingham apron, but that's besides the point. The point is, as a bat, I get to do tons of

things that Betty Crocker doesn't get to do, like living in this awesome cave surrounded by

rock formations. See, these icicle-looking things? They're huge rocks called stalactites that hang from the ceiling.

And those over there jutting up from the ground, those are stalagmites. And here's a little

batty secret for you. I always remember which is which because stalagmites has a G in it,

just like the word ground. Stalagmites has a G in it, just like the word ground.

Stalagmites, ground.

Stalagmites come out of the ground.

Anyway, all these rock formations are made out of minerals,

just like the rocks above ground.

But how are they made?

Amber had a question about this too.

There's lots of different kinds of minerals that form in caves.

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