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.

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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.