Just a little batty

Zeke the baby Variable Flying Fox was born recently at Lubee Bat Conservancy.



Bats make up one fifth of all  mammals (1,116 species). They are among
the most endangered of the world's creatures, primarily because much of
their habitat has been eliminated by human encroachment or because they
are over hunted for food or persecuted as pests or disease carriers.
Their loss has serious consequences for the ecosystems to which they
belong because bats are important seed dispersers and pollinators for
many native flowering plants, and key insect predators globally.



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Cute baby bat

 

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Video: Baby Bat with Hiccups

White-nose fungus threatens gray bats

The deadly white-nose disease has been detected in endangered gray bats, federal wildlife officials announced,  raising a very real possibility that the species could be wiped out within two years.



White-nose syndrome has killed millions of other species of bats as they hibernated in caves and mines in the northeastern United States, but the gray bat is even more susceptible, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.



 They could potentially be wiped out in just a couple of years.



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