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

Bonda mastiff bat or Thomas's mastiff bat (Molossus currentium [bondae])
The individual photograph has a slightly atypical bright coloration for this species.

#batsofmastodon

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Texans came together to save more than 1,500 bats from wintery doom - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/29/23530840/bats-rescue-texas-houston-humane-society-winter-storm

#SaveTheBats

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Un propósito para 2021: dejemos de joder con los murciélagos.

El virus del ébola, el virus del SARS, el virus del MERS, el virus del COVID... Vale ya.
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