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Following his successful rescue from Cocos Palm entrapment, Master Caleb spent time in care recovering from his ordeal. Caleb was exhausted from his struggle in the palm tree and he was almost too tired to chew his banana. However, following time in care with plenty of rest, good food and treatment for his damaged toes, Caleb was eventually returned to the wild to continue pollinating and dispersing seeds of our important forest species. | Batzilla the Bat
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Each year we rescue a number of skinny juveniles that have for whatever reason, found themselves in trouble. Without the life skills of their older cousins, these littlies find themselves trapped in strange places, stranded alone in trees during the day, they get caught on barbed wire and in large aperture netting or they have been the victims of car hits or predator attacks. Some are still capable of flying but they have become so emaciated and exhausted that they can go no further and hole up
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In only three short months flying-fox orphan season begins again and little bats like Miss Magnolia will start arriving into care in droves. Volunteer carers across Australia raise thousands of orphaned flying-foxes each year before releasing them back to the wild to bolster flagging populations. Unlike many other native species, raising orphaned flying-foxes is a relatively fast process which generally only takes 12 weeks from birth to weaning but unfortunately, orphan season now extends to ove
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The summer months present many challenges to our flying-foxes with one of the largest killers being bats caught in large aperture fruit tree netting thrown over fruiting trees. Rescued this morning by Stellla after being trapped in large aperture black netting thrown over a guava tree, Reggie is now fighting for his life. With scorching summer temperatures combined with a relentless beating sun, bats expire very quickly in this heat. It is not just in our area of South East Queensland that rescu
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The news isn't wonderful with rescue numbers up and more bats coming into care on a daily basis as a result of large aperture netting thrown over fruiting trees. Figs are the fruit of the week and with not much else fruiting or flowering, many flying-foxes are being trapped. Humphrey was the exception and he found himself in a spot of trouble when he flew into a courtyard and he simply didn't have room to fly out. Big adult males like Humphrey can have a 3 foot wingspan and they need room and he
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Following the tragedy of the weekend heat event when thousands of flying-foxes died across several states of Australia, what a wonderful opportunity to be able to save and hand raise this little orphan. Rescued yesterday by Stella after being found on a busy road, this little miss (as yet unnamed) is in surprisingly good condition albeit a little tired. How quickly orphaned flying-foxes bond to their human surrogate and she is already reaching for me and snuggling up for comfort and warmth. Orph
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