Thousands of bats likely wiped out after soaring temperatures smash starving colonies

"A perfect storm of deadly events has seen bats die at every colony across NSW. High branches around NSW have been left littered with the bodies of dead grey-headed flying fox pups after soaring temperatures above 40 degrees coincided with a mass starvation event. While rescuers were able to capture dozens of dying animals and take them into care, hundreds, possibly thousands, are believed to have died.">>
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thousands-of-bats-likely-wiped-out-after-soaring-temperatures-smash-starving-colonies-050503250.html
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A few days ago, we went for a walk along the Merri Creek in Clifton Hill near sunset. Perfect timing for viewing a great number of bats. Here's a sequence of photos toward Melbourne that show how quickly the sky changed over just eight minutes.

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Fruit Bats — Grey-headed Flying Foxes — over Northcote tonight on their daily sunset commute from Yarra Bend Park to Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens.

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