Bat Conservation and Rescue Qld is a registered not-for-profit volunteer organization that works to help people understand the importance of all bat species🦇🦇
Flying-foxes are the major pollinators for our native forests. They are Australia’s secret weapon against climate change & will play a critical role in helping restore the land destroyed by the 2019/20 bushfires. #bats#NoMeNoTree#Australia#Queensland#ClimateEmergency 🦇🌳🌼
“It means that disturbances to their habitat or habitat loss might be more severe than we thought,” Wagner said. In fragmented or less dense forests, there would be more gaps to cross, he said
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#GunaiKurnaiCountry Grey-headed flying foxes are called an ‘umbrella species’, because so many plants and animals live under their work. Their job is forest building and they are a keystone species in the ecology of east coast forests
Hail storms have injured and orphaned hundreds of bats. If you would like to help our team of volunteers who are helping rescue, transport & rehabilitate these bats, please donate https://t.co/O9ThYKrWeM
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Heidi Kolkert presenting “A jaunt into the ecosystem services provided by bats in cotton, berries and grapes and the economic value to the Australian cotton industry”
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At the 20th International Bat Research Conference in Cairns all week #IBRC I’ve seen talks so far on bats & bat habitat (urban & forested) from Mauritius, Micronesia, Estonia & Samford, as well as road culverts in Brisbane
From the University of Southern Queensland- Vanessa Gorecki presenting “From caves to culverts: Use of road culverts by trawling bats in an urban environment”.
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Bat from the Art of Falconry (De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus), a Latin ornithology book originally published in 1241 by Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor from 1196-1250.
“The loveliness of flying foxes, their sheer beauty, astonishing biology, the amazing anatomy – it never ceases to amaze me.”
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Many of us use #bats as part of our #Halloween📷📷 decorations. This Halloween, please consider also giving some support to the survival of bats big and small by donating to Bat Conservation & Rescue Qld https://t.co/O9ThYKrWeM
Mining offset scheme in the Pilbara leaves threatened species at risk, including the ghost bat - Australia’s largest carnivorous bat - & the Pilbara leaf-nosed bat, which is found only in the local region.
Protecting habitat is crucial for all #bats.
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Vale Bob McDonald. Bob was a naturalist & activist who dedicated his life to the protection of native flora & fauna. He was one of the first to stand up for the flying fox colony in Bairnsdale when the forces were activating to cut the entire roost down