Just look at them!

These are Gould's Wattled Bats, rescued from a roof that was being replaced.

It's from the Instagram account microbatsofmelbourne.

https://www.instagram.com/microbatsofmelbourne/

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18 Comments

Colorcodedresistor@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Step Father and I are working on some Bat boxes to lure in the bats for mosquito control. I Absolutely Love pest and recycle control critters. Possum bros, Dillo bros, Spider bros, lizards, frogs..but the frogs could do a better job of stfu..so loud at night

macrocephalic@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y

Yeah, the house I grew up in had so many frogs that you couldn't watch TV or make a phone call at night, it was like having the worst tinnitus every night. Frogs are cute, but that was too much!

MedicPigBabySaver@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 2y (2 replies)

lemmy.world/c/bats

dabster291@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

!bats@lemmy.world

MedicPigBabySaver@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

Much better.

fiat_lux@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y

I wish I could touch them, they look so velvety soft.

Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

We can't stop here! This is bat country.

Facelikeapotato@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y

But the bats are adorable!

Deez@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Teefs!

Facelikeapotato@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y

The tiniest of fangs!

brainandforce@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Is it not risky to pick them up due to the possibility of zoonotic disease?

pancakes@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

I'm sure that would never happen.

Nepenthe@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

How are they so docile, though? I'm not familiar with the course of action for sedating wild bats and it would be hard to believe you could just reach up and grab one

radix@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Maybe they're babies?

this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y

sleepy .

TWeaK@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y

Sky pups.

RemembertheApollo@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y

Look like little Jim Henson monsters.

scorpious@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Pug Bats!