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Bat Art Bernad speed paint

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Northern Territory rangers investigate mystery cause behind hundreds of fruit bat deaths in Katherine

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Mon, 29 May 2023 10:13:00 +0000

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Northern Territory rangers investigate mystery cause behind hundreds of fruit bat deaths in Katherine

ABC Katherine / By Samantha Dick

Posted Fri 26 May 2023

A bat in a vivid green tree.

A ranger suspects the bats may be dying due to starvation.(ABC News: Michael Franchi)

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Hundreds of black fruit bats are dropping dead in the Northern Territory town of Katherine, prompting an investigation by local rangers.

NT Parks and Wildlife ranger Stacey Kessner said staff at the popular Nitmiluk National Park have reported piles of dead bats on the ground.

Bat carcasses have also been found at schools and underneath trees in Katherine.

"We've had quite a few call-outs to come and get the bats that are not well," Ms Kessner said.

It is unclear why the bats are dying in large numbers, though Ms Kessner suspects the cause could be starvation.

"The most likely case is there's just not enough food around," she said.

"The blossoms from eucalyptus and paperbark and grevilleas are either not enough, or they haven't blossomed yet to feed the black flying foxes."

Ms Kessner urged residents to contact NT Parks instead of removing the bats themselves.

The chocolate wattled bat has the (pug-like) face of an angel

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Wed, 24 May 2023 11:17:00 +0000

The chocolate wattled bat has the (pug-like) face of an angel

With a luxurious coat of fur that resembles the colour of fresh hot chocolate, the chocolate wattled bat is one cute critter.

The chocolate wattled bat’s (Chalinolobus morio) name refers to the small, fleshy lobes – called wattles – located at the corners of its mouth and under its lower lip.

Endemic to Australia and relatively common in some areas in the east and south, including Tasmania, this beautiful microbat has adapted well to our cities and towns.

It’s a fixture, for example, in the Australian National Botanical Gardens in Canberra, and at Parliament House during the annual bogong moth invasion. When the moths arrive in droves, the chocolate wattled bats move in for an easy meal.

These bats are just as at home in the streets of Melbourne or the Sunshine Coast as they are the caves of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia. In the bush, they’ve been found nestled in tightly knit groups of up a few hundred individuals in abandoned bird’s nests and tree hollows.

With a maximum wingspan of just 4.2 cm and weighing in at a mere 9 grams, the chocolate wattled bat is as cute as a button:

(Image credit: patrickkavanagh/Flickr)

Don’t tell it that, though. It would like you to know that is small and mighty. Its species name, morio, means “son of the night”, which is extremely cool. And from the looks of this one, it has the exact same energy as this little legend:

(Image credit: Doug Beckers/Flickr)

While not as easy to see as the much larger flying foxes that frequent our skies, it’s worth keeping an eye out for chocolate wattled bats or their close relative, the Gould’s wattled bat (Chalinolobus gouldii), which happens to be the most widespread bat in Australia. The species is found all over the country, except the Cape York Peninsula.

In the coming months, you might even get the chance to spot a young Gould’s wattled bat. The babies (which are often twins) are born in late spring or summer, and are weaned in December and January to go out on their own.

In the meantime, please enjoy this outrageously adorable video of a Gould’s wattled bat chowing down on some mealworms:

This Scientist Tracked Bats for Decades - Ecologist Peggy Eby

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Wed, 24 May 2023 11:07:00 +0000

Ecologist Peggy Eby’s discovery after decades of studying bats in Australia underscores the time and shoe-leather research needed to prevent future pandemics.

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This Scientist Tracked Bats for Decades and Solved a Mystery About a Deadly Disease

Ecologist Peggy Eby’s discovery after decades of studying bats in Australia underscores the time and shoe-leather research needed to prevent future pandemics.

by Kathleen Flynn for ProPublica and Caroline Chen. May 22

Wildlife ecologist Peggy Eby fell in love with flying foxes when she moved to Australia from Kansas. She spent decades studying the bats’ movement and behavior. At times she worked without pay to answer questions she had about the fuzzy, fox-faced mammals.

Those bats turned out to be the carriers of the deadly Hendra virus, which can jump from bats to horses and then to humans. Eby began a quest to understand why and how the virus was making these leaps between species, known as spillover. She hoped to predict when the next infection would emerge. The decades of data Eby gathered as she followed her curiosity were key to cracking the mystery. So ProPublica decided to make a video about her.

Eby and her colleagues’ work shows that it’s possible to predict when spillover will happen. Doing so requires long-term research and funding to match. But ProPublica has found that public health authorities focus on responding to outbreaks already underway rather than trying to prevent them. Grants for developing treatments are easier to come by than for studies on spillover.

Eby says she hopes their findings will inspire more research into understanding what’s sparking outbreaks of other diseases like Ebola or Hendra’s equally deadly cousin, the Nipah virus: “Our response to COVID has made it pretty clear that vaccines aren’t going to be the answer, that while they are very important, while containment is very important, having a better idea of what’s causing the spillover in the first place can play an important role in preventing pandemics.”

Nakunbalook display on threatened species | MOONSHADOW

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 22:37:00 +0000

A NEW display in Sale aims to educate people on a widely misunderstood species, the Grey-headed Flying Fox, which has again taken roost around Wellington Shire, including along the shores of Sale’s Lake Guthridge and Lake Guyatt.

The exhibit, which is now showing at Nakunbalook Environmental and Cultural Education Centre, next to Seed Community Garden, centres on Australia’s largest native bat and the crucial role it plays in the health of the bush as a major pollinator.

Between 11am and 1pm each day until Friday, February 3,Lynne and Chris from Moonshadow Flying Fox Rescue will be at Nakunbalook to share stories and answer any questions.

A free ‘Meet the Bats’ session will also be held at Nakunbalook on Monday, January 23 from 7.30pm. Attendees should meet at Nakunbalook for a short presentation, followed by a short walk to Lake Guthridge to see the bats skim the lake to collect water on their fur before heading out to feed for the evening.

A day session will be held on Wednesday, January 25, from 11am.

No booking is required for either session.

Bats are foragers and will travel to where food is available, which means that they will likely move on when resources diminish. Council does not have a definitive time frame for how and when this might occur.

Grey-headed Flying Foxes are protected under the Wildlife Act 1975 as they are a nationally threatened species. Penalties apply for harassing or disturbing them. The bats are sensitive to noise, so it is in their best interests to minimise noise when near them.

Grey-headed flying foxes pose no risk to humans when they are flying overhead or roosting. It is very important, however, that flying foxes are not handled because a small percentage may carry Australian batlyssa virus or Hendra virus. Neither droppings or urine can spread these viruses, so it is not dangerous to have a colony sited nearby.

Bats Aid Rice Farmers in Spain | Carme Tuneu Corral

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Flying foxes are a vital part of Australian ecosystems

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john.purvis flicker bat detection audio

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:27:00 +0000

Bat Detection Night time hunters

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superstar bat who was attacked by a cat has taken to the silver screen

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 08:45:00 +0000

Superstar rescue bat takes to silver screen with Dr Dolittle owner and Ben Fogle to save endangered bats

A superstar bat who was attacked by a cat has taken to the silver screen with his Dr Dolittle owner alongside Ben Fogle in an effort to save the endangered bat population.

Animal lover Amy Schwartz, 28, an ecologist from Barry, Wales, turned her study into a bat saferoom in 2014, rehabilitating up to six bats at a time alongside her animal menagerie including a house rabbit, a bearded dragon, a crested gecko and five chickens.

But in September 2021 Amy rescued a Noctule bat, Griff, who due to a broken wrist was unable to be released back into the wild, becoming a permanent resident at Amy’s animal filled home.

Now Griff has hit the silver screen starring in his own campaign alongside conservationist, Ben Fogle and streaming service Now, to celebrate the release of The Batman, giving away cinema-themed bat boxes to raise awareness about the declining bat population.

“I’m always surrounded by animals,” said Amy.

“It surprises me to hear that people don’t like bats. They get a lot of bad press from vampires, but they are adorable.”

She added: “Griff was brilliant on set, he’s a really curious bat and is really calm.”

A bat enthusiast from a young age Amy went on to become an ecologist and fell into rescuing bats due to her unusual group of friends.

“When I was young my grandfather used to take me on guided bat walks, they’d lend out a bat detector as you walked around, that’s what started my interest in bats,” said Amy.

“I started rescuing them eight years ago. As an ecologist it’s normal to do bat care, so a lot of my friends take in bats, it just became a really normal thing to do.”

Keeping up to six bats at a time in the summer as a Bat Conservation Trust volunteer, Amy’s house is always full of her furry friends.

“Late July is the busiest time of year,” said Amy.

“I can have five or six bats and be taking other phone calls advising people on what to do.

“During middle to end of June most bats give birth. So, by end of July, you get both exhausted mother bats as well as juveniles being found.

“But the winter is much quieter, in December I usually have one bat with me.

But it was not until Griff arrived in September 2021 that she found her first permanent resident.

“He had been attacked by a cat and was found at a riding stable outside Cardiff,” explained Amy.

“He was mostly OK, but he had a swollen wrist. The vet gave him some antiviral antibiotics and painkillers.”

She added: “But after the wrist swelling went away, he sat with his wing not fully tucked away.

“He was also very reluctant to use it and he never tried to fly indoors. I took him to another vet who specialises in exotic animals and got him an x-ray.

“His wrist had healed but in a way that limits his movement. He can’t fly properly so he couldn’t be released.

“So he now lives with me full time.”

Earning his keep as an educational bat Griff is a local celebrity, travelling around schools and local groups.

“I have a special licence to keep him as you can’t legally keep bats without a license in the UK,” she said.

She added: “Bats are massively different in terms of their personalities, even within the same species. Griff is very curious, he’s always been easy to handle and very calm.

“It makes him great for bringing along to events and showing kids bats up close.

“He’s very good. Though sometimes he will try and find the dustiest corner in hard to reach places and get lovely and cosy.”

She added: “But Griff loves food so you can retrieve him with a couple of mealworms!”

However, Amy said that vampires have given bats a bad reputation.

“It’s that classic vampire fear,” she said.

“They’ve been made out to be creepy and horrible, but they are extremely fluffy and rather adorable.

“Children will ask if they drink blood – actually all our bat species in the UK eat insects.”

However, Griff’s charm wins over most people.

“Everybody loves him,” said Amy.

“He makes me laugh. As soon as he hears a zip on his holder, he immediately sits by his food bowl.

“He just loves food!”

And now the superstar bat is hitting the silver screen.

“The Bat Conservation Trust got in touch and said they had been approached by Now,” explained Amy.

“Good publicity for bats is great. They are an important part of our ecosystem and bat boxes are a great way to encourage them within your area.”

Teaming up with the Bat conservation Trust and streaming service Now the trio are giving away 100 free cinema themed bat boxes, styled as a classic miniature cinema.

And Griff wasn’t shy to get involved – posing alongside Ben Fogle, Amy says Griff was a “natural” on set.

“The filming was great,” said Amy.

“Everyone was really lovely and it was a really fun day.

“Griff was more than happy. Any poses that we wanted him to hold he would – as soon as he was offered a couple of mealworms.

“He definitely had his fill, though he still wanted his dinner!”

But most of all Amy hopes Griff will help raise awareness about the declining bat population.

Bats are one of the most endangered species in the UK, mostly caused by the disruption to their natural habitat – six of the UK’s 18 indigenous species are at risk of extinction.

“Bats are an important part of our environment,” explained Amy.

“One of the easiest ways to encourage bats in your local area is to use bat boxes.

“Reducing your use of pesticides and lowering levels of artificial light in your garden are all great ways to help bats.”

And Amy reveals more bats will make the summer even brighter for most people.

“Bats eat what we consider pest insects,” she said.

“They love to eat very small biting insects, such as midges and mosquitoes.

“More common bats like, pipistrelles, eat midges. One was found to eat up to 3000 midges in one night, which is incredible.”

She added: “So that will certainly make our barbecues in the summer a bit more pleasant.”

However, after his brush with celebrity Griff is back to touring the country.

“Griff plays a really important role,” said Amy.

Bat conservation Trust and Now the trio are giving away 100 free cinema themed bat boxes to the public

“We’ve had a few inquires for Griff to do more on screen but I’m still looking at those.

“I’ve definitely had lots of people that have said to me how much more positively they think of bats now.

“People have bought bat boxes and bat detectors, so they can listen to them flying around their garden or their local area.”

She added: “That’s what its all about.”

Meanwhile, as a reward for all his hard work, Amy plans to give Griff a real treat at Christmas.

“Wax worms are like burgers for bats,” laughed Amy.

“They are little caterpillars that are great to get bats weight up but it’s not good for them to eat too much.

“So he’ll have a little Christmas treat of those!”

Apply for your free bat box at www.batboxcompetition.nowtv.com.

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Bat Survey | Science Outreach and Communication Undergraduate Projects

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:32:00 +0000

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Science Outreach and Communication Undergraduate Projects

Effects of an infographic on public views and knowledge of bat species in the UK

Participant Information Sheet

Project Aims

You are being invited to participate in this study as part of a final year research project at The University of Reading. The aim of this research project is to understand the effectiveness of infographic to promote bat conservation in the UK. You will be asked to answer a questionnaire that will explore the general public's knowledge and attitude towards bats. You will be asked to view an informative poster and should proceed to complete the survey, afterwards. This is to evaluate the performance of the infographic, participants' perceptions and knowledge can be measured before and after viewing it. Completion of the questionnaire is voluntary and completely anonymous.

Academic Purpose of the Project

There seems to be relatively little research into the effectiveness of interventions for advocating animal conservation. This project will utilise infographics to communicate basic knowledge to the general public and evaluate if it motivates individuals to participate in bat conservation from their homes via their own gardens, as well as to raise bat awareness in the UK. The results of this study will establish whether alternative methods of promotion are required to improve conservation.

Contact:

Participants are welcome to contact us if they have any questions

Research Student: Kanchan Gurung, K.gurung@student.reading.ac.uk

University Supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Mitchley, J.mitchley@reading.ac.uk

School of Biological Sciences

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Why Bats Are Insanely Attracted To Wind Turbines?

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 08:21:00 +0000

Why Bats Are Insanely Attracted To Wind Turbines? | Windmills Kill

Bat Kills at Wind Turbines

Recent studies have reported large numbers of bats being killed at wind farms in many parts of North America and Europe. Project monitoring has also discovered significant bat mortality at the Mexico La Venta II wind farm.

Why Bats Are Insanely Attracted To Wind Turbines?

Bat kills at wind turbines were first discovered in Australia. Small numbers of bats were first recorded in the United States at wind power projects in California during bird monitoring.

Some time ago, an estimated 1,400-4,000 bats were recorded as killed during 2008 at the Mountaineer Wind Energy Center in West Virginia . High bat mortality at that site has continued since then.

The frequency and number of bat kills at wind turbines are much greater than for any other type of human-built structure.

Unlike birds, bats strike wind towers as well as telecommunications towers, buildings or power lines, but very infrequently.

Bat Mortality from Collisions and Barotrauma

Bats that fly too close to wind turbines are killed by either direct impact or from major air pressure changes around the spinning rotors.

While bats clearly are killed by direct collision with turbine blades, up to 50 percent of the dead bats around wind turbines are found with no visible sign of injury.

The cause for this non-collision mortality is believed to be a type of decompression known as barotrauma, resulting from rapid air pressure reduction near moving turbine blades.

Barotrauma kills bats near wind turbines by causing severe tissue damage to their lungs, which are large and pliable, thereby overly expanding when exposed to a sudden drop in pressure.

By contrast, barotrauma does not affect birds because they have compact, rigid lungs that do not excessively expand.

Bat Atraction to Wind Turbines

Many species of bats appear to be significantly attracted to wind turbines for reasons that are still poorly understood.

Here we’re gonna try to summarizes the more plausible scientific hypotheses that have been advanced to date. By contrast, birds are not normally attracted to wind turbines, and simply collide with them by accident.

The Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealisis typical of the migratory, tree-roosting bat species that are frequent casualties at some wind farms in North America.

9 Hypotheses for Bat Attraction to Wind Turbines

Various scientific hypotheses have been proposed as to why bats are seemingly attracted to and/or fail to detect wind turbines

The more plausible hypotheses include the following:

1. Auditory Attraction

Bats may be attracted to the audible “swishing” sound produced by wind turbines. Museum collectors seeking bat specimens have used long poles that were swung back and forth to attract bats and then knock them to the ground for collection.

It is not known if these bats were attracted to the audible “swishing” sound, the movement of the pole, or both factors.

2. Electromagnetic Field Disorientation

Wind turbines produce complex electromagnetic fields, which may cause bats in the general vicinity to become disoriented and continue flying close to the turbines.

3. Insect Attraction

As flying insects may be attracted to wind turbines, perhaps due to their prominence in the landscape, white color, lighting sources, or heat emitted from the nacelles, bats would be attracted to concentrations of prey.

4. Heat Attraction

Bats may be attracted to the heat produced by the nacelles of wind turbines because they are seeking warm roosting sites.

5. Roost Attraction

Wind turbines may attract bats because they are perceived as potential roosting sites.

6. Lek Mating

Migratory tree bats may be attracted to wind turbines because they are the highest structures in the landscape along migratory routes, possibly thereby serving as ren-dezvous points for mating.

7. Linear Corridor

Wind farms constructed along forested ridge-tops create clearings with linear landscapes that may be attractive to bats.

8. Forest Edge Effect

The clearings around wind turbines and access roads located within forested areas create forest edges. At forest edges, insect activity might well be higher, along with the ability of bats to capture the insects in flight.

Resident bats as well as migrants making stopovers may be similarly attracted to these areas to feed, thus increasing their expo-sure to turbines and thus mortality from collision or barotrauma.

9. Thermal Inversion

Thermal inversions create dense fog in cool valleys, thus concentrating both bats and their insect prey on ridge-tops.

Bat Species Most Significantly Affected

In North America, migratory bat species have been found dead at wind farms much more frequently than the resident (non-migratory) species, even in areas where the resident species are more common throughout the summer.

Eleven of the 45 species of bats that occur in North America north of Mexico have been found dead at wind farms, but most studies report that the mortality is heavily skewed towards migratory, tree-roosting species such as Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus, Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borea-lis, and Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans.

While these three species are not listed as threatened or endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, they are classified as of Special Management Concern at the provincial level in Canada. Although the globally endangered Indiana Bat Myotis sodalishas not yet been found dead at wind farms, potential new wind farms within this species’ remaining strongholds could possibly threaten it.

In Europe, 19 of the 38 species of bats found within the European Union have been reported killed by wind turbines.

Although migratory species are among the most numerous casualties, resident bats are also killed in substantial numbers, particularly in forested areas.

Turbine-related bat mortality has been found in every European country in which bat monitoring has been done, except for Poland where no dead bats were found during monitoring at two sites. The highest numbers of bat fatalities have been found in Germany and France, which is almost certainly due to the more extensive monitoring carried out in those countries.

Bats and Windfarms 7 January 2013 (VIDEO)

Bat Detection Technology Demonstration for Wind Turbines (VIDEO)

Bats are worth billions to the agriculture industry due to their natural control of pests. Unfortunately, wind power poses a risk to bats due to the potential for them to be struck by spinning turbine blades.

EPRI is working with We Energies to demonstrate a specialized technology that uses ultrasonic microphones to detect the presence of bats. If the microphones pick up the high-pitched squeaks and clicks bats make, the turbines will automatically shut down and restart when the bats are out of range.

The project is focused on reducing bat mortality at wind farms while avoiding long-term curtailments and maximizing electricity production.

In Latin America, 19 bat species were represented among the 123 individual bats found dead under wind turbines in 2007-2008 at the La Venta II project in southern Mexico. In 2009, 20 different bat species were involved (INECOL 2009).

Thirteen of these species are insectivores, while two feed mainly on nectar, and two on fruit.

The most commonly killed species, Davy’s Naked-backed Bat Pteronotus davyi, is thought to be resident in the area, although some other frequently killed species at La Venta II are considered to be migratory.

Interestingly, despite the enormous concentrations of mi-gratory birds that pass over or through the La Venta II wind farm (over 1 million per year), monitoring data from INECOL show that a larger number of bats are being killed there than birds.

Resource: Greening the Wind – ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT (George C. Ledec, Kennan W. Rapp and Roberto G. Aiello)

Piotr Naskrecki | Bats photography

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megabat on the ground-front yard

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:21:00 +0000

walking out to feed the locals and here is a bat on the ground. seems to be trying to find food from last night. most likely smelling banana on the ground.

THE SECRETS OF SAMAL ISLAND│Monfort Bat Sanctuary

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 02:56:00 +0000

"Get ready to know more about fruit bats and how Samal hold the Guiness World record!"

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" Most of the cave’s limestone walls are densely studded with fruit bats, an average of 60 of them per square foot (645/square meter). Tens of thousands roost in remarkably exposed locations, giving visitors an up-close look from outside the cave. An estimated 1.8 million bats, the largest known population of Geoffroy’s rousette fruit bats in the world, are overloading Monfort Bat Cave on the Philippines’ Samal Island. Yet bat populations have plummeted by more than 99 percent at other nearby caves. Such is the power of uncompromising protection.

The Inigo-Monfort family has owned and safeguarded this cave, which also sheltered humans against World War II bombing raids, since the 1900s. Norma Monfort is the current owner/trustee of the cave, the bats and the surrounding 57 acres (23 hectares). “Since the time of my ancestors, our family has left undisturbed the thousands and thousands of Rousettus amplexicaudatus in the cave in our backyard,” she says. She enclosed the property and posted a guard around the clock to discourage bat hunters and other uninvited visitors. Though occasional guests could marvel at the huge clusters of bats and the spectacular emergences, she allowed almost no one except conservation scientists to enter the cave. " - batcon.org/article/a-treasure-trove-of-fruit-bats/

Cute it is, this Yoda bat - Australian Geo

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 09:18:00 +0000

official name is the 'hamamas tube-nosed fruit bat' after the Papuan word for 'happy'.

australiangeographic.com.au/cute-it-is-this-yoda-bat/
officially identified Nancy Irwin scientist identified the bat as a new species.

Bat Books added to album

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:33:00 +0000

❤️🦇 Bat Books1 - ALBUM

megabat black male baby #flyingfox #fruitbat #bat

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 11:35:00 +0000

Sprinkler system to keep Western Sydney's Megabats cool during heatwaves

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 11:47:00 +0000

Sprinkler system to keep Western Sydney's flying foxes cool during heatwaves
Sprinkler system gives hope to flying foxes

baby bat black megabat

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 11:07:00 +0000

Rehab | Megabat black male baby

Cosmos Briefing: Get to know your local microbats

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:55:00 +0000

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Cosmos Briefing: Get to know your local microbats

A microbat won 2022 Australian Mammal of the Year, but how much do we know about these tiny flying mammals?

Cosmos science journalist Petra Stock chats to Dr Lisa Godinho, an expert in microbats based at the University of Melbourne, who introduces us to a Melbourne mammal with racing stripes.

The Bat Book - Charlotte Milner

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:19:00 +0000

Go on an adventure in the shadows with award-winning author and illustrator Charlotte Milner.

Discover why these mammals are essential to the world we live in, learn just how much they matter, why they are under threat, and what we can do to help. Bright, bold, and beautiful illustrations accompany fascinating fun facts about these furry flying mammals in this adorable kids' book.

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Draw a Bat with illustrator and author, Charlotte Milner

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ISBN: 9781465490490 Published: 04 Feb 2020

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Did you know that there are two main groupings of bats, or that the bat is the only mammal that can fly? Children will be fascinated by the beautiful illustrations and learn plenty of bat facts on every page.

From the way they fly, to how they communicate with each other, how bats hunt, and why they sleep upside-down, each of the world's 1,300 types of bat is unique and utterly fascinating. Bats are also incredibly important to the environment, from gobbling up pests to spreading seeds through the forests. They also pollinate over 500 different species of plants throughout the world, including fruits such as mangoes and bananas.

A beautiful educational book with an important message. While learning about these elusive creatures, there are also fun activities for kids so they can learn how to support bats, including growing a bat-friendly garden to help them thrive.

Bats make the world a better place, making this nature book for kids an essential tool in encouraging the protection of bats for generations to come. Following on from The Bee Book and The Sea Book, Charlotte Milner continues to highlight critical environmental issues faced by our planet. The Bat Book is perfect for teaching little animal-lovers all about these clever creatures who do so much for our world.

Explore The Upside-Down World Of Bats!

Discover how much they matter, why they are declining, and what we can do to help. This charming celebration of bats shows children just how extraordinary these animals are

and is a reminder that it is up to us to care for our planet and its creatures.

It's perfect for school projects about bats, mammals, ecology, or endangered animals. It also cleverly uses the subject to cover broader topics such as plant reproduction, ecosystems, and more. The Bat Book may be small, but it is mighty.

Find out more about natures secret friends, like:

- Where bats live

- What bats look like

- Why bats are important

- Growing a bat-friendly garden

- Myths about bats and much, much more!

Inside the Bat Cave

noreply@blogger.com (BatsRule.info) — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 08:59:00 +0000

A remarkable journey into the secret world of one of the most endangered and least understood animals on earth – bats. With cutting-edge night-vision cameras and ultrasonic detectors, this programme follows a greater horseshoe bat roost for four months during the summer of 2019, capturing the hidden life of the colony as never before. Witness the birth of a new generation of pups and follow their progress towards their perilous maiden flight outside the roost.

Wind energy in Australia is killing thousands of bats, but there is a solution

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https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/bats-wind-turbines/