300 flying foxes are rescued in storms

[Are_grits_groceries]

The future of a colony of fruit bats has been put at risk after hundreds of pups were abandoned by their mothers in heavy storms.

More than 300 infant grey-headed flying foxes are being cared for at a bat hospital since they were left to fend for themselves in the last week.



http://arbroath.blogspot.com/#top_of_page

They get more health care than some American kids.

[XemaSab]

1. Awww! So sweet!

[katandmoon]

2. Awwwwww........

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Awwwwwwww.

There is a lot of really weird and funny stuff at that site..

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. True!

This could give someone the willies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwDAsJCB2Pg&eurl=http://...

[BrklynLiberal]

7. ewwwww

[kimmylavin]

13. Okay, I got the willies!

But it was pretty beautiful, too.

[roguevalley]

15. I looooooove bats. My nephew has a bat about the size of a postage

stamp living in his roof. I am in love.

[kimmylavin]

16. That'd be pretty cool!

I love miniatures.

[roguevalley]

17. me too. Bats rule. :)

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. That's batty

(someone had to post this)

[BoneDaddy]

6. cute, in that ugly rodent kinda way.

[uppityperson]

8. A bat is a mammal in the order Chiroptera. ( and awwwwww to OP)

so cute!

[BoneDaddy]

11. Was trying to be funny

some animals, like some babies are cute in a strange alien fashion.

[uppityperson]

12. Rats.

I've had the talk with people before that bats aren't flying rodents. Sorry.

They are sooooo cute.

[Voice for Peace]

14. I have seen cute baby cockroaches. No joke. They were like little triangles with big eyes.

[BoneDaddy]

26. lol

hopefully they were not in your food )

[originalpckelly]

23. They look like Chihuahua puppies wrapped in yellow blankies.

Not rodents or bats!

[KittyWampus]

9. that photo deserves some LOLCat love.

[guitar man]

10. they have "bat" hospitals?

Who knew.....next time my ex gripes about not being able to find a doctor, I'll know where to refer her

and "awww" for the pic

[robinlynne]

18. They are very cute!

[Uncle Joe]

19. Yellow is supposed to be the color for 2009, representing optimism,

and these guys seem positive about life, maybe there's something to it.

[Deja Q]

20. If the storm had been a tornado, their name would have taken on a new meaning.

And that was a cute picture...

[Rob H.]

21. Cute pic!

I've liked bats ever since I was a little kid.

[SpookyCat]

22. So Cute!

I have the pic of one of these batties hanging upside down drinking from his little water thing taped to my monitor...I *heart* batties!

[Roon]

24. WANT!!!

[Cults4Bush]

25. They love human pheromones when older, erections

are common amongst the male bats when their humans are near. They'll also get mean with eachother when they get jealous of another hanging with a human they like. This is all from secondhand experience but I say the home video so I believe it

My friends also said they were as smart as cats