Handfuls Of Wriggly Baby Microbats

Just a reminder to never handle any bats. Please call your local wildlife organisation and a trained and vaccinated volunteer will be sent to safely and humanely rescue the bat. All the hands in this video belong to trained and vaccinated carers! October not only heralds the start of flying-fox birthing season but insectivorous microbats also start giving birth. Although they mostly come into care for a completely different set of circumstances to flying-fox orphans, microbat babies also sometimes need to be hand raised. With so many bat species in our area of the world, it’s important that these orphans are raised by specialist carers to give them the best chance of eventually returning to the wild. To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email licensing@