Mojo ♻️Apr 4

Who knew bat poo could be worth millions?
A new study shows Australia's grey-headed flying foxes are dropping bat ripple magic across millions of hectares. Their seed-dispersing guano helps grow a median of around 90 million new trees every year, mostly eucalypts.
That's an estimated 217 million to 955 million boost to the timber industry alone. Not bad for some flying forest gardeners who connect bushfire-scarred landscapes like pros.
Time to stop seeing them as pests and start celebrating these keystone heroes. Protect the bats, protect the forests.

#flyingfoxes #batripple #australianwildlife #ecosystemservices #biodiversitymatters #savethebats

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-04/economic-value-australian-grey-headed-flying-fox-bat-poo/106507002

Poo of 'endearing' bat worth hundreds of millions, study says

Bats are often thought of as smelly, ugly and noisy, but a study has revealed the economic and ecological value of one Australian species's poo.

Show threadBellycanMar 25

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

BellycanMar 25

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

The-14Feb 13
Climate Change Brings Another Species Closer to Extinction
#Environment #ClimateChange #Australia #Bats
#GlobalHeating #BiodiversityLoss #ExtinctionCrisis #FlyingFoxes #GreyHeadedFlyingFox #Heatwave #EnvironmentalCrisis #Wildlife #NatureInCrisis
https://the-14.com/climate-change-brings-another-species-closer-to-extinction/
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.

The-14 Pictures
BellingenNSWFeb 4
More than 80% of flying fox colony wiped out as January heatwaves kill thousands of bats >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/05/flying-foxes-january-heatwaves-kill-thousands
#FlyingFoxes #bats #heatwaves #FossilFuels #climate #MassMortalityEvents #pollinators #biodiversity
More than 80% of flying fox colony wiped out as January heatwaves kill thousands of bats

Only 180 bats survived intense heat in South Australian town, including 34 babies that carers say face months of recovery

The Guardian
Zorz StudiosJan 29

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

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

Follow GOLFJan 28
https://www.fogolf.com/1149840/mass-wildlife-rescue-underway-with-flying-foxes-entangled-at-golf-club-driving-range/ Mass wildlife rescue underway with flying foxes entangled at golf club driving range #AustraliaZoo #bats #entangled #FlyingFoxes #Golf #GolfNews #Noosa #NoosaGolfClub #WildlifeHospital
BongolianJan 12

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
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/12/flying-foxes-die-in-their-thousands-in-worst-mass-mortality-event-since-australias-black-summer

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

The Guardian
Vivian HarrisJan 6
Grey headed flying foxes heading out to feed. #Bega #FlyingFoxes #GreyHeadedFlyingFoxes
Show threadearthlingDec 26

Wrap Artists of the Year
Rescued baby flying foxes rest, wrapped up, after being injured by giant hailstones, some as large as a cricket ball, in Queensland storms, #Australia, in November. Almost 120 fruit bats (as they are also known) were injured, some critically, before being rescued by volunteers and admitted to the RSPCA wildlife hospital.

Photograph: RSPCA Queensland

#photography
#AnimalRescue
#FruitBats
#FlyingFoxes
#bats