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There’s A Bat Hospital In Australia That Takes In Abandoned Baby Bats
If you think bats are terrifying, vampiric creatures of the night, you’ve got them all wrong. The abandoned bat pups being taken care of at the Tolga Bat Hospital in Atherton, Australia are proof that baby bats can be just as adorable as any kitten or puppy.
The fruit bat pups at the Tolga Bat Hospital in the Atherton Tablelands are brought in when they are afflicted by tick paralysis or when their mothers have died or become too ill to feed them (often from the same disease). Volunteers at the hospital nurse the bat pups back to health and then release them into the wild. The hospital also serves as a sanctuary for bats who have retired from zoos.
More info: tolgabathospital.org | Facebook | Jurgen Freund Photography (h/t: dailymail)
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Image credits: Jurgen Freund Photography/ Caters News Agency
Image credits: Jurgen Freund Photography/ Caters News Agency
Image credits: Tolga Bat Hospital
Image credits: Jurgen Freund Photography/ Caters News Agency
Image credits: Jurgen Freund Photography/ Caters News Agency
Image credits: Jurgen Freund Photography/ Caters News Agency
Image credits: Jurgen Freund Photography/ Caters News Agency
Image credits: Jurgen Freund Photography/ Caters News Agency
Image credits: Jurgen Freund Photography/ Caters News Agency
Image credits: Jurgen Freund Photography/ Caters News Agency
Image credits: Tolga Bats Hospital
Image credits: Jurgen Freund Photography/ Caters News Agency
Image credits: Jurgen Freund Photography/ Caters News Agency
Image credits: Tolga Bat Hospital
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FrancieGross 11 years ago
Bats get such a bad rap, and they're really such Good Guys... I'm happy to see some of them being so well cared for!
AgataSmialy 11 years ago
How can you not love bats after seeing this???!?!?!!!?!?!?! Adorable ...
NicoleGilbert 11 years ago
I have always loved bats especially fruit bats. I have visited the colony in Wingham Brush several times.
FrancieGross 11 years ago
Bats get such a bad rap, and they're really such Good Guys... I'm happy to see some of them being so well cared for!
AgataSmialy 11 years ago
How can you not love bats after seeing this???!?!?!!!?!?!?! Adorable ...
NicoleGilbert 11 years ago
I have always loved bats especially fruit bats. I have visited the colony in Wingham Brush several times.
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