Published on Jan 9, 2014
Initial reports say that they have
dies due to the heat . My question , is out of ALL the life on Earth,
Why just the bats ?? From 25 Different Colonies!.....
100,000 bats fall dead from the sky during a heatwave in Australia
Australia's heatwave has been blamed for causing 100,000 bats to drop from the sky, with the smell of rotting carcasses filling towns
The RSPCA said the heatwave could have a devastating effect on the state's wildlife Photo: Alamy
About 100,000 bats have fallen from the sky and died during a heatwave in Australia
that has left the trees and earth littered with dead creatures.
In scenes likened to "an Alfred Hitchock thought bubble", a heatwave
across the north-east state of Queensland in recent days caused mass deaths
of flying foxes from an estimated 25 colonies.
"It's a horrible, cruel way to die," a conservation worker, Louise
Saunders, told The Courier Mail.
"Anything over 43 degrees [Celsius, 109F] and they just fall. We're just
picking up those that are just not coping and are humanely euthanising what
we can."
Health experts have warned residents not to touch the dead creatures amid
concerns about the spread of virus or bites and scratches from bats that may
still be alive. At least 16 people have been are receiving antiviral
treatment after coming into close contact with a bat.
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