1.3K views · 137 reactions | Different bat species emit calls with specific characteristics related to their their size, flight behaviour, environment and prey types. This means that with the aid of bat detectors we can identify many species. Learn more about bat detectors here: https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/bat-detectors-1/bat-detectors | Bat Conservation Trust | Facebook

The world’s more than 1,400 bat species play vital roles in ecosystems, from eating insects, to pollinating plants, and dispersing seeds. Bats are connected to humans and ecosystems in many ways, and all are affected when one link is removed from the chain. | Bat Conservation International

Minutes-old red bat pups. Two so far. . . #easternredbats #austinbats #atxbats #inallourbackyards #bestkeptsecretintown #batsofinstagram | Austin Bat Refuge

We successfully raise many orphaned bat pups, but for us the preferred option for a pup is to stay on mom, suckle milk and learn from her how to be a bat 👼🦇 That's why when we get a call about a baby bat on the ground, we first check if the mom is trying to pick them up, so that we can try to reunite them. And these brave moms eventually dare to approach what for them is a huge predator, and collect their pups 😍 So here is another successful return of a pup to mom, thanks to the tenacity of o