Different bat species emit calls... - Bat Conservation Trust

Bat Pups

It's a Scrumpy kind of morning... Scrumps is a 6 week old short tailed fruit bat, whose mother was rescued from a zoo. He was born after his mother arrived at the sanctuary. While bats are typically wonderful mothers, sometimes the stress of transfer can cause them to drop their babies- and that's what happened with this little guy. Thankfully, our staff is well equipped to hand raise bat pups of all species! Scrumpy is now getting older, and transitioning onto solid foods. He's even starting to

We're wrapping up the first week of #BatAppreciationMonth with this video of a hungry, hungry bat gobbling up mealworms! This Big Brown Bat was found on a sidewalk with an abrasion on his lumber spine and small perforations on his wings. Thankfully he was brought to the Center for care and has been undergoing professional wildlife rehabilitation for the past 3 weeks. With such a healthy appetite, he'll be released back to the wild in no time! Did you know... 🖤Bats are the only mammal capable of