We’ve been underestimating flying foxes Australia used to incinerate the large fruit bats, but research suggests they bring hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits to the country’s economy.

#protectourbats #pollinators #insectcontrol #keystonespecies #australia #SEasia #flyingfoxes #bats

people may need bats like the flying fox more than they realize

#flyingfoxes benefit the ecosystems they inhabit because they serve as pollinators while roosting and feeding on trees, and as seed spreaders when they release their waste or otherwise drop the seeds as they fly

#vliegendehonden 🦊🐶

Little red flying foxes hanging high in casuarina trees. Mangrove trees at their base, a sole Lagunaria (native hibiscus) in front, power lines and blue sky above.

Here's a view of the flying foxes along the side of Stoney Creek. The colony has expanded to near its limits now without crossing the creek or roads, must be many thousands in there now.

#LakeMacquarie #bats #FlyingFoxes #WildOz

The little red flying fox colony at Stoney Creek, Toronto NSW was very noisy this morning. It seemed like everyone was awake, some flying about, all chattering or screeching. Warm sunny morning?

#LakeMacquarie #bats #FlyingFoxes #WildOz

🦇 #FlyingFoxes
Please #TakeAction to end the shooting permits in Queensland!
You don't need to be an AUS citizen; just click "rest of the world" on the website, copy & paste the text. As @friendsofbats.bsky.social said: "Just send them an email wherever you are, tell them the world is watching" !

🦇 #TakeAction #FlyingFoxes #Queensland #EndShootingPermits
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Baby bat getting a bath at an Australian bat hospital.

Baby bat getting cleaned with a toothbrush at an Australian bat hospital.

#BatsRule #FlyingFoxes

Climate Change Brings Another Species Closer to Extinction | The-14 Extreme heatwaves in Australia killed thousands of grey-headed flying foxes, pushing the vulnerable species closer to extinction.

Climate Change Brings Another Species Closer to Extinction
#Environment #ClimateChange #Australia #Bats
#GlobalHeating #BiodiversityLoss #ExtinctionCrisis #FlyingFoxes #GreyHeadedFlyingFox #Heatwave #EnvironmentalCrisis #Wildlife #NatureInCrisis
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#Bats #FlyingFoxes

Rare photos of #FlyingFoxes cooling down in a river during the day: zorz.it/NolsB

#JessicaStewart #NocturnalAnimals #HardikShelat #WildlifePhotographer #IndianFruitBats #Gujarat #India #photos

Dozens of bats entangled in Queensland golf club netting A mass wildlife rescue is again underway at the Noosa Golf Club after dozens of flying foxes became trapped in netting at its driving range for the fourth time this month.

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To our volunteers — thank you

In the middle of extreme heat and challenging conditions, volunteers once again stepped up when wildlife needed them most.

Volunteers across multiple locations monitored flying fox camps, checked on vulnerable animals,

#volunteer #heat #Australia #FlyingFoxes

Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer Volunteers found thousands of dead bats at Melbourne’s Brimbank park, wildlife expert says

Thousands of flying foxes have died in Australia’s worst heatwave event since Black Summer.
These keystone pollinators are critical for forests & food security—yet climate extremes are pushing them to the brink.
Read more: shorturl.at/OzVsr
#ClimateCrisis #Biodiversity #FlyingFoxes

a bat is hanging upside down in a duct ALT: a bat is hanging upside down in a duct

#Australia #ClimateCrisis

#FlyingFoxes die in the thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer.

Researchers were still tallying the dead...at least 1,000 - 2,000 died in S. Australia, thousands in Victoria, & up to 1,000 in NSW.

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Flying fox shooting in Queensland: what’s changed and why it matters - Bats and Trees Society of Cairns Queensland has quietly reversed plans to phase out flying fox shooting. Learn what’s changed, why it matters, and how endangered bats are affected.

🦇 #FlyingFoxes #Queensland #Petition
#BanFlyingFoxShooting
Please take action and sign:
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🔥 Thousands of #flyingfoxes died in last week’s 42°C+ heatwave across SA, VIC & NSW, worst since 2019/20 Black Summer fires
🦇 Flying foxes are like “canaries in the coal mine” warning us as what is happening to other animals as extreme heatwaves become more frequent🌡🔥

Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer Volunteers found thousands of dead bats at Melbourne’s Brimbank park, wildlife expert says

Meanwhile... Thousands of bats have died in Australia because of the heat in Australia. #bats #flyingfoxes #biodiversitycrisis #biodiversitymatters #Australia #heatwave www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer Volunteers found thousands of dead bats at Melbourne’s Brimbank park, wildlife expert says

#FlyingFoxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since #Australia ’s #BlackSummer www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer Volunteers found thousands of dead bats at Melbourne’s Brimbank park, wildlife expert says

When I unpack my grief and rage it includes the fact that we could be addressing climate change and working to save the the planet. Instead we have to fight facists (again).

Respect and love to the rescuers in Australia. #wildlife #heatwave #FlyingFoxes

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Petra Stock: Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer. Volunteers found thousands of dead bats at Melbourne’s Brimbank park, wildlife expert says

#climatechange #Melbourne #Australia #Flyingfoxes […]

Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer — Guardian US Volunteers found thousands of dead bats at Melbourne’s Brimbank park, wildlife expert says

#FlyingFoxes #die in their #thousands in worst #mass-mortality event since #Australia black summer - The Guardian

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Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer Volunteers found thousands of dead bats at Melbourne’s Brimbank park, wildlife expert says

www.theguardian.com/environment/... #heatwave #FlyingFoxes

Thousands of flying foxes next to Richmond River.

Sound on.

#flyingfoxes #bats #wildlife #Australia #now #travelfreedom #kijkopdewereld ##viewsoftheworld

Adelaide was a batty city...

#FlyingFoxes #AdelaideBotanicPark #NatureSpectacle #WildlifeMigration #FruitBats #Adelaide #Radelaide #FlyingFoxes2023 #BatSwarm #NatureLovers #AdelaideWildlife #NatureEvents #AnimalMigration #BatsOfAustralia #NaturalWonders

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Yes, Pepa, and a baby in absolute distress, since #FlyingFoxes are shot in #Queensland. It's a pepition, in fact, to protect them. Pleases sign.

and don't forget to sign the petition to ban the killing of #FlyingFoxes in #Queensland!

Queensland to continue to allow farmers to shoot flying foxes after revoking ban on controversial practice Conservationists and scientists criticise state for backtracking and say alternative non-lethal methods such as netting are more effective

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Inhumane? Nah. Barbaric. Cruel. Brutal. We should be better than this, though clearly LNP/IPA isn't.

#FlyingFoxes #Conservation

Flying fox shooting in Queensland: what’s changed and why it matters - Bats and Trees Society of Cairns Queensland has quietly reversed plans to phase out flying fox shooting. Learn what’s changed, why it matters, and how endangered bats are affected.

🦇 #Petition
Please take action for #FlyingFoxes in #Queensland
batsoc.org.au/flying-fox-s...

Four species, 160 days, 50,000 images: meet the photographer dedicated to showing the lovable side of flying foxes Doug Gimesy’s extreme close-ups of ‘sky puppies’ are designed to trigger an emotional response that endears people to the ‘wrongly vilified’ mammals

Sky puppies. Fascinating animals. #FlyingFoxes
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One more image of the #flyingfoxes These four were having some sort of discussion 😂 Sound on! #WildAustralia #megabats #bats