Dr Amy Coetsee

Mum | Threatened Species Biologist @ZoosVictoria | #SuperstarsOfSTEM | Fighting extinction of our most endangered species. Tweeting in a personal capacity.

[Dr Amy Coetsee @dracoetsee]

@Ha_Tanya Congratulations! I’ll be making my first in a couple of weeks. Can’t wait to close this chapter and move on to the next one.

[Dr Amy Coetsee @dracoetsee]

I ❤️ @LEGO_Group attention to detail 🌸

[La Trobe University @latrobe]

The bat signal went out - and Australia listened 🦇

We're delighted to see the beautiful Southern Bent-wing Bat get the recognition it deserves from #AusMammalOfTheYear!

Now #TeamBat, it's time save it from extinction.

https://t.co/YkNPWZBGwt | @emmivanharten

[Cosmos @CosmosMagazine]

Want to see and hear what all the fuss is about - a bat which weighs as much as a coin won #AusMammalOfTheYear . See it here: https://t.co/XIvddchL2n

[Liz Reed 🦇🦴🦉🐀🐩 @LizReed_palaeo]

These are Southern Bent-wing #bats. 🦇 #Bats live happily together and work for the greater good of our ecosystems. They are critical for the environment and we have a lot to learn from them. Be like bats! 🦇 Photo ©️Steve Bourne

[Prof. Euan Ritchie (@euanritchie.bsky.social) @EuanRitchie1]

CONGRATULATIONS to the southern bent-wing bat & all its wonderful supporters. I'm super stoked to see a species in such great need getting this exposure. More broadly, the success of #AusMammalOfTheYear has greatly exceeded my expectations! https://t.co/sXGQWeS7MF @CosmosMagazine

[Dr Amy Coetsee @dracoetsee]

The southern bent-wing bat has won the inaugural #AustralianMammalOfTheYear!!! Absolutely fantastic news for this critically endangered bat. Well done #TeamDingo for making it to the final 2 and raising the profile of Dingos. @CosmosMagazine @ZoosVictoria

[Cosmos @CosmosMagazine]

The winner of #AusMammaloftheYear has been announced. Join @imma_perfetto at @ZoosSA to see who the winner is! 👇

https://t.co/u9rnbPJthL

[Dr Amy Coetsee @dracoetsee]

Voting closes at 10am today. Who will you vote for #TeamDingo or #TeamBat? Having these two misunderstood species in the finale and raising their profiles is absolutely fabulous, they are both winners! I’m voting 🦇🦇🦇🦇 for #AusMammalOfTheYear @CosmosMagazine @ZoosVictoria

[Cosmos @CosmosMagazine]

Only 24 hours left to vote for the winner of #AusMammalOfTheYear!
Will you support the misunderstood and persecuted #dingo 🐺 or the critically endangered #SouthernBentWingBat 🦇?
https://t.co/1yPQTHwlZE

[Maree Treadwell Kerr @MareeTreadwellK]

vote#1 for our friend the Southern Bentwing Bat https://t.co/TXNiQiMN5K
Here's Lindy on ABC radio explaining why it deserves to win https://t.co/bQGzjlFHvG #TeamBat #AusMammalOfTheYear #bats

[Liz Reed 🦇🦴🦉🐀🐩 @LizReed_palaeo]

Southern Bent-wing Bats flying out of Bat Cave #NaracoorteCaves for a night of feeding on flying insects. They are so fast I shot most of this in slow motion! They are amazing to see in flight. 🦇🦇Please vote for the bats in @Cosmos #AusMammalOfTheYear https://t.co/BzmRXcsBPh 🦇

[Dr Marissa Parrott @drmparrott]

#AusMammalOfTheYear Grand Final! Did you know that the critically endangered Southern Bent-wing Bat has a nursery for their babies so Mum can go out & hunt? A whole upside down gaggle of tiny baby bats! Who wouldn't vote for that ❤️🦇
#TeamBat @CosmosMagazine @ZoosVictoria

[Zoos Victoria @ZoosVictoria]

We are SO excited that one of our Fighting Extinction 27 species, the Southern Bent-winged Bat, has made it to the finale! As the only remaining Critically Endangered mammal left in the competition, this tiny gorgeous bat needs all the love it can get - vote now!

[Liz Reed 🦇🦴🦉🐀🐩 @LizReed_palaeo]

Why Southern Bent-winged Bats should be Australia's favourite mammal https://t.co/IKyfFHAarN

[Liz Reed 🦇🦴🦉🐀🐩 @LizReed_palaeo]

Southern Bent-wing Bat at #NaracoorteCaves. Fossils show this species has lived there for >500,000 years, yet we've brought them to the brink of extinction in less than 200 years. Please vote for them in #AusMammalOfTheYear for Top 2.
https://t.co/feFH1SvEty Photo ©️Steve Bourne

[Pia Lentini @pelentini]

Look at how politely this critter hangs and waits to be weighed. Critically endangered, but still chill. Manners like that should be rewarded! Please VOTE for the southern bent-wing bat as #AusMammalOfTheYear (the tally resets every day, but only 2 to go!) https://t.co/GDTXrQSRP7

[Pia Lentini @pelentini]

Blessing your feeds with this bag of criticallly endangered southern bent-wing bats as a reminder to PLEASE VOTE 🙏🦇for them as #AusMammalOfTheYear (the tally resets every day) Let's make it to the top 3! #bat #chiroptera https://t.co/WcpwJKpGQy

[Liz Reed 🦇🦴🦉🐀🐩 @LizReed_palaeo]

Here's a beautiful Southern Bent-wing Bat with her pup at #NaracoorteCaves. Please vote for these critically endangered mammals in @CosmosMagazine #AusMammalOfTheYear. Help them make it into the Top 3. 🦇😊 Photo ©️Steve Bourne. https://t.co/HZTRiVIBIm

[Dr Amy Coetsee @dracoetsee]

Not Gilbert’s potoroo 😭 Four amazing mammals left, who will get your vote? I’m backing southern bent-wing bats 🦇🦇🦇 #AusMammalOfTheYear @CosmosMagazine @ZoosVictoria

[Prof. Euan Ritchie (@euanritchie.bsky.social) @EuanRitchie1]

Sadly the wonderful Gilbert's potoroo has hopped off into the sunset. Australia's most endangered marsupial needs far more support, but thank you for all in @gilbertspotoroo, & others, fighting the good fight!

Four remain in #AusMammalOfTheYear.

Vote 👉 https://t.co/4IJ8B6cG5Q

[Dr Amy Coetsee @dracoetsee]

Southern bent-wing bats are in the top 5! Let’s ensure they make it to the top 4, join #TeamBat and vote for them to be crowned the first #AusMammalOfTheYear 🦇🦇🦇🦇@CosmosMagazine @ZoosVictoria
https://t.co/vm5CW3gC3M #science

[Dr Amy Coetsee @dracoetsee]

Amazing thermal footage of the critically endangered southern bent-wing bat. Join #TeamBat and vote them the first #AusMammalOfTheYear @CosmosMagazine @ZoosVictoria

[DEECA Victoria @DEECA_Vic]

This #ScienceWeek we’re celebrating research led by our #ARIscience team. Check out this thermal video of southern bent-winged bats 🦇 ARI scientists use this technology to monitor these critically endangered bats, collecting information that will help protect them. @ZoosVictoria