Australia’s bats are going through a very difficult time. With temperatures reaching 111 degrees Fahrenheit (44 degrees Celsius) throughout the country, bat populations are declining due to the extreme weather. Bats as a species cannot tolerate high heat and are very susceptible to heatstroke. This is tragically causing entire colonies to perish, resulting in baby bats left orphaned and helpless.
Luckily, the wonderful folks at the Bat Conservation and Rescue Society know exactly what to do. They jump into action and rescue the surviving babies who would otherwise face certain death without their mothers. A team of volunteers takes care of the tiny babies until they’re old enough to be released back into the wild. The orphans need to go through months of rehabilitation before they can survive on their own.
As you can see in the video above, the tiny cuties are taken care of just like human babies. They are cuddled and bottle-fed around the clock, and even wrapped up in blankets like adorable mini burritos! Taking care of orphaned baby bats is no easy task, but the staff and volunteers at the rescue are dedicated to the cause.
The baby bats look absolutely adorable cuddled up in their blankets for nap time. Hopefully, they grow up big and strong and can make their return back to the wild. It’s important to remember that animals are often the first to feel the impacts of climate change, and we must do more to try and help them.
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Thank you to all those helping these beautiful creatures.
Thank you for helping the baby bats, Australia Bat Conservation and Rescue Society. I hope help will be given to the Australia sheep’s that suffer terrible abuse and neglect on ships. Ban transporting sheep’s and other animals and go vegan ! All animals have the right to life.
It’s wonderful to know that there are selfless people in this world who dedicate their lives to caring for rescued animals. Bless their hearts.
I absolutely love bats! A lot of people fear them but a bat will not attack unless provoked. If you ever encounter one just stay at a safe distance.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SAVING THESE BEAUTIFUL INNOCENT CREATIONS BY GOD…YOU ARE TRULY AN INSPIRATION
Thank you for requesting that all comments here be kept peaceful and family friendly. On this, and on many other sites, I frequently cannot read the comments because people are often denouncing those who have treated animals abusively. It is good for us to hold people accountable for their wrong actions. That’s the first step. Rather than pouring out our negative feelings about them in this forum, however, I think it would be more constructive for us to suggest more ideas of how to right the situation. Perhaps we can inspire ourselves and others to keep making more strides for good.
Bats are very important for our environment, they eat all types of insects including mosquitoes. Bats are basically nature’s pest control. They also pollinate a lot of fruit trees, they are crucial for the ecosystem.
I was that weird girl who liked things like snakes and bats.
Not because they were icky, but I loved their different-ness, and awesome-ness.
This is a perfect example of everything being beautiful.
we love bats, thank you everyone for doing all possible
Oh my ! Where can I sign up those baby bats are the cutest thing that video just lifted my heart.
when I see a video like that I realize for every POS that abuses animals there are wonderful people who save animals.
I’ve always been terrified of bats (fear of rabies, actually), but these munchkins are so adorable!
We had a baby bat attached to our dtr’s window screen yes ago. When I gently tapped on the window, it jumped. When her dad tapped (not so gently), it peed on the window. We named it Scaredy Bat, after the character in “Ruby Gloom”.
How sweet is that. The little face peeking out. Beautiful.
Well done to the Bat Conservation and Rescue Society, but it’s not a good news story. Why did we do so little when the issue of climate change was clearly coming?