We recently had a colony of (mostly) Little Red Flying-foxes roosting at a creek about 1km from my house. Watching ~300,000 bats take off each night for months in a row was spectacular. Even now - probably a year later - my young daughter STILL asks to go outside and watch the bats at dusk, even when there are none 🙂 It's truly sad that many locals don't share her enthusiasm for such an amazing spectacle of nature😞

Oh man, the video of the bats dying from the heatwave broke my heart.

I had a chance of fostering a microbat. Then I had to contact microbats Australia. They guided me about what to do and how to take care and what to feed and how to release it back to nature. The little guy was so adorable but damn those teeth were vampirish. It was a successful release 🇵🇰

Fifteen miles from where I live in south central Texas is the town of Bracken with the world's largest bat colony (Mexican free tail bats). During our horrible winter storm in February, hundreds of bats died and lined the streets under overpasses around Austin and points south to San Antonio. A friend of mine came across one really awful scene of dead bats near us while he was out riding his bike. This is so sad and most of the people in the area around here were heartbroken by the loss. But seeing the video of the flying foxes that had died from the heat reminded me of this terrible week we experienced and the loss of so many bats.

I get goosebumps and am awestruck when, on rarish occasions, a Flying Fox or three or four flies overhead when I'm in my backyard at night. And yes sometimes I'll squeal like a little kid in delight when it happens. And it's particularly magical when it coincides with a Full Moon. Once one flew as close as two and a half feet over my head.......☮️⚛️🦇🌏

Love bats am addicted to bat rescue videos, especially ones on flying foxes.

I love bats I think they're just so cute.

I watch these vids mainly for this person's passion, really makes it engaging and can tell they genuinely care

Watching them feed under street lights is mesmerizing…they move so fast and never hit the streetlights. Yay echolocation!

We had an AGM for parkour, I think it was last year's, and we were outside in an area that the fruit bats like to hang out in all the trees at. The president organised a Kaurnan Elder to come and give us a welcome to country. When the Elder did his speech he also had these sticks that were a boomerang shape (I'm sorry, I've got no idea what they actually are) and he started "clapping" them together in a way. All the bats rose from their trees and began flying in circles around our group. When the Elder finished clapping they went back into the trees. It was such an experience to see it.

I recognize Megabattie’s voice! She’s great! I’ve learned SO much about bats from her

Many de ages ago, I first fell in love with bats at the Sonora Desert Museum in Arizona. My first close up bat? The vampire bat. I was entranced!

Having lived for a few years in Austin TX which has a very healthy population of bats, I so love them. I'm so allergic to mosquitoes, that I try to stay indoors when they are around. Which is a LOT in Texas! I'm so grateful for their work in keeping flying insects under control!😊

I have fond memories of me and my brother laying on our lawn at dusk watching the bats chase and catch insects. They are so fast and agile, always amazing to watch. I still get excited now when i see them, they're adorable and a vital part of our ecosystem.

This 5:30 footage makes me remember of a documentary that I watched a least ten years ago. I remember one passage in particular : It was in Africa and scientists (i think) captured every single bats in a huuuuge area of many hectares and killed each bats. People tought that they might carry some diseases, so the scientists sliced every bats in little cubes to inspect them. In the end not that much had diseases and needless to say that as a kid, I was shocked and wanted some kind of revenge for those poor bats that died horribly.

This is my most favourite land (well flight) animal. They are so beautiful. ♥️ I'm subbed to Megabattie and she's amazing & has such passion and is an amazing advocate for these beautiful creatures. 🦇❤️ All that bats that perished from not having enough shelter and sources is heartbreaking. 💔

I was really surprised when I moved to Toronto (a VERY large, dense, and busy city) to find that there are actually quite a lot of bats living right in the city. I see one or two almost every time I walk my dog after dark in the summer, and I'm in a relatively central area. I've always loved bats. One of my favorite bat memories is from when I was camping as a kid, and I was walking back from the bathroom after dark. A bat swooped a little too low to grab a bug and bounced off the top of my head. I learned firsthand (or firsthead?) that their echolocation is not as much of a superpower as I thought, and they can make mistakes while flying too. It was kind of cool. I still get just as excited every time I spot one, even though I see them all the time now. The biggest worry about bats in North America is rabies, as they're a very common carrier of the disease. But similar to the disease worries in Australia, a human is very unlikely to get rabies from a bat. Just don't touch or handle them, and wear very thick protection if you have to handle one. But if you have handled a bat with your bare hands, or had some other kind of prolonged exposure with a bat, it's always a good idea to go get a rabies shot just in case (this is obviously not an issue in Australia, but in other places). Even if you think you haven't been bitten, some species have such thin, needle-like teeth that they can actually bite you and transmit rabies to your bloodstream without making you bleed or leaving an obvious open wound. Many of the people who have died from bat-borne rabies had interacted with a bat, but didn't seek treatment because they didn't even realize they had been bitten.

Used to be afraid of them. One night at work, I worked night security at a closed peach processing plant with BIG warehouses, had my torch under my arm to be able to slide the door open. Slid the door open, and all these little 'missiles' were flying through the beam. I stood VERY still. They flew around me, checking me out. Figured I was too big to eat, and left me alone! SO COOL!

LOVE IT!!! I see bats every evening :)

I fell in love with these bats 😍 They are amazing gorgeous creations and have a right to live on this planet just like we do. They probably contribute more to our environment than humans do, so they might even be more important than we are? We need to protect and appreciate these cute little ones and big ones ❤ i love them, not everyone has to, but at least appreciate them with respect ❤

Aww you could hear the emotion in Ann's voice. I love this series. Funny(mostly) and educational

Those flying foxes are beautiful animals!

Bats are deadly. Deadly cute.

That swarm was so cool to look at. I used to live near a wood where we would have these large crow swarms on summer evenings. That was amazing to look at, loved it.

I've got a fig tree and about 3 date palms. I have a constant stream of fruit bats at night and birds during the day at any given time chomping down on some fruit. I live in Melbourne's Northern suburbs.

I live in Israel. I was walking my dog at about midnight, and I ended up walking through a huge flock of bats. There must have been at least 50 or 60 of them, all flying back and forth between 2 date palm trees. None of them flew into me of course, but they sure got close. They were really big fruit bats, not the tiny ones. Trippy.

they are adorable fluffy cuties from the afterlive. protect them at all cost! every evening the bats come hunting in my back yard. cause all the lights in the buildings attract insects so they come here after sunset and once the lights go out they move to street light hunting grounds. and i love them dearly.

bats filmed up side down uno like there walking

This is going to sound really dumb and nerdy, but this is kind of my dream job. Ive always wanted to be a zoologist but I was terrible at school, and informing people over the internet would be awesome. Good on ya 🤘

They're flying doggos ❤ always wanted to volunteer at an aussie bat shelter

I knew a man who had a microbat named Cricket. Cricket bat. The little guy used to hang out on the inside of his jacket and go everywhere with him!

I dont much about bats, but i do know (most) are really cute....and theyre all misunderstood

I rescued a tiny baby bat in NY(15y), boy was I in trouble with mommy. But he was so cute never bit me & took him to vet. But learned later bats can carry rabies. Poor guy would have died 🥺

3:47 It's about time humans get concerned about not seeing wildlife rather than seeing it. The risk of getting ABLV is not from being bitten or scratched by any bat. The risk of getting ABLV is being bitten or scratched by a bat that happens to be the less than 1% of the bat population that has the virus.

bats are just doggos with wings.

We certainly are the ones to fear, well said

I love bats, they look so cute, and i really like them in flight. To bad humans and our actions hurt them so much. Love these vlogs!

I love bats. My only experience, is one time I made the mistake of eating at truck stop.. a few miles down the road I stop at a rest stop and am vomiting over a concrete barrier feeling awful but with each wretch bats were swooping down getting the vomit. I kept trying to keep them away as if I got sick I worried that they would. It was pretty cool to have them so close and I hope they were ok.

"Megabattie "has many fun vids of bats on youtube, like the one they used here. If you wanne see more. I looooove the ones of them eating a mouth full of banana. TOO funny!

Youre the best on utube. Hands down🙂🇩🇰

“We’re the ones to be scared of” ❤

What did Batman say to Robin before they got into the Batmobile? "Robin, get in the Batmobile."

How come closed captions aren't enabled?

I think they actually spit out the seeds, mostly they don't swallow the solid matter, they just mash out and swallow the juice. It make sense to not carry around the weight of the pulp, no?

That ghost bat looks like the same bat species that beast machines nightscream and the 2021 beast wars comic nyx looks like. Maybe when I knit them I'll make them fruit bat/ flying foxes.

1:12 these what bats? Lol

I got peed on my bats while I was visiting a fort and I have grudge against them ever since xD

In my opinion bats are just like flying cats

I saved a tiny brown bat from my ceiling one night at at 5a.m.

I've seen fruitbats up close. They're adorable.

You should do a video on ticks. We have so many of the little buggers here in Pennsylvania. Of course, there are different kinds. We have deer ticks, which carry Lyme's Disease. If you go anywhere near woods or medium-length grass, you need to wear long sleeves and pants because the ticks will latch on to you without you knowing, and they will suck your blood. I once did Adopt-A-Highway, which is a roadside cleanup program for high school students, and I left there covered in ticks. Thankfully, I was wearing long sleeves and pants for that very reason. I did once get a tick bite in my ear when I was sitting in a car nowhere near woods or grass.

You're great! Love ya!

We don't see them here anymore.

Thanks ❤️🦇 BatsRule! There's a reason why they do...

One of my dogs once grabbed a bat pup

I love all your videos but I hate bats so don't know why i'm even watching this one LOL

All bats are amazing animals, and vital to every ecosystem in which they live. Yea batties!!!

I'd love to hear Anne talk about climate change. Every bit helps people to take it more seriously. Maybe a short breakdown of the science of why it's real/why some people think it's a hoax and a couple of proven things we can all do to help. Love you Anne.

This is perfect timing last night I was outside around 730 pm maybe 8 pm and about maybe 100 flying foxes passed over my house I live in abottsford vic not far away from the yarra river ps i think they fly over every night on there way to forage somewhere.

If I had to chose between a bat and me it’s the bat every time

Hi Ann, can you please do an episode on blue tongue lizards?

Wait 3 types of Vampire Bats I thought there was just the one 😂 that’s worse 😂

Have always loved bats. Don't get the fear and revulsion at all. Maybe it's a superstitious hell/demon thing. Using the disease reasoning seems like deflection. Lots of animals can carry diseases. Dogs, cats, birds etc. Of course you want to be careful around ANY wild animal regardless of the species but bats are no more risky. Bats ARE cute.

BATS. ARE. SKY. PUPPIES. And that is all there is to it. ❤☺️❤

Love them

I am a carpenter in America and we find lots of bats and tons of bat guano in the eaves of customers' homes. Is bat guano very toxic?

carlsbad cavern in new mexico usa is very interesting with there evening show of millions of bats coming out in a vortex of increaesing size.

Please do great white sharks

Why do people unlike videos like these?

5:30 idk if my heart will ever fully heal after seeing this. Humans suck. We could have prevented this sorta thing but convenience, comfort, etc was more important to most of us, unfortunately

Megabattie!

SKY PUPPIES

More bats less yap please Ann. Good vid though.

Bats are the sort they're so ugly, they're cute.

Can't they be both?

Microbats are cool, and they eat annoying insects, flies, mozzies, wasps...

*dum dum derr* Foxy lady

I'm more worried about the nasty diseases they carry (Ebola, Coronavirus, rabies) than the actual bat

Remove cocos palms so they are not attracted by the fruit.

@1:10 did she say nigerbats?

My main issue with fruit bats is that they stink of rotten fruit. They live in the trees near the Port Kembla Steelworks along the highway and at certain times of year you have to close the car windows.

What of Hendra Virus ?

This video is sponsored by the Bat interests

Bats rarely kill humans. We humans have caused the extermination if so many species…beginning with the Romans.

Climate change is a natural process. Scientists don’t know what part we’ve actually played. We should look for solutions rather than attempt to place blame.

only animal in Australia that can have rabies do not handle them

This video didn’t age well...

nice video, but implying that humen are responsible for climate change is uneducated and simply ignorant