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Showing Original Post only (View all)bat hospital - where baby bats are cared for until ready for release. WARNING - adorable pics [View all]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2814142/Pictures-adorable-abandoned-baby-bats-swaddled-blankets-sucking-bottles.htmlInside Australia's BAT hospital - where adorable abandoned baby creatures are wrapped in blankets and fed with bottlesAbandoned baby bats have been pictured recuperating in hospital while swaddled in colourful blankets
The Tolga Bat Hospital is a community group working for the conservation of bats and their natural habitat.
The furry critters are grounded due to tick paralysis
About 300 baby bats are orphaned each year due to tick paralysis or because their mother is too ill to feed them
Tick paralysis kills hundreds of bats every year on the Atherton Tablelands
Volunteers at the hospital spend their time caring for the bats, nursing them back to health and then release them back into the wild when they are ready.
According to the Tolga Bat Hospital's website: 'caring for sick or young animals is like caring for sick or young humans, many tasks are very repetitive but your love and respect for the animals will make it very rewarding.'
Tick paralysis is killing hundreds of flying foxes in Australia each year.
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bat hospital - where baby bats are cared for until ready for release. WARNING - adorable pics [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Oct 2014
OP
Love me some Bats. Their Radar makes them extra special. I saw a show on Discovery Channel once...
BlueJazz
Oct 2014
#3
That's not their regular feet. They wear their "Halloween Feet" at this time of year.
BlueJazz
Oct 2014
#8
And vampire bats have contributed so much to the colorfulness of our movies and literature
aint_no_life_nowhere
Oct 2014
#9
Yes, they ARE adorable and cute. I had one get inside the house and it was cuddled up in a corner
UTUSN
Oct 2014
#14
i think if the ziplock bag had air holes that might be a good thing. if not.... n/t
orleans
Oct 2014
#15
so cute. they have their little pacifiers and even cuddle pillows in some of these pictures. n/t
orleans
Oct 2014
#16
Carlsbad Caverns - truly one of the great natural wonders of thhe world
aint_no_life_nowhere
Oct 2014
#22