3.5K views · 391 reactions | Meet our biggest baby microbat, Barry - a Northern freetail bat (Chaerephon jobensis). This species occurs across the north of Australia. Barry is quite a character and has a big appetite #bats #microbats #athertontablelands #freetailbat #tolgabathospital | Tolga Bat Hospital | Facebook

Microbats give birth around the same time each year as flying-foxes and as a result, we rescue many micro pups each year. Rachael has been looking after this bunch of babies and she feeds them every couple of hours on a blended mix especially formulated for micro babies. The odd batty out is the large black microbat which is a Gould's Wattled bat and she will be released back to the wild now that our stormy weather has settled. Although they perform different duties in nature both are equally as

2.2K views · 213 reactions | Welcome to our first species feature!...