Happy Bat Appreciation Day from our Rodrigues fruit bats! 🦇💕 Bats play a critical role in their ecosystems by acting as natural pest control, seed dispersers, and plant pollinators. Rodrigues fruit bats are an endangered species, but thanks to dedicated conservation efforts from Philadelphia Zoo, other AZA zoos, and conservation partners, their population in the wild has grown from just around 70 individuals in the 1970s to over 20,000 today! | Philadelphia Zoo

What's cooler than watching Short Tailed fruit bats fluttering around? Watching them flutter around in slow motion. 😉 Seen in the first half of this video is Bella, the little bat who never gives up on trying to steal treats from the Geribatric. She will fly in while we are cleaning and snatch the treats from our bowl, so we often make it easier for her by leaving her a small pile of melon. The second half features a LOT of short tailed fruit bats, all trying to get a peek at what's for lunch t

Count the bats! 😍 🦇❤ Please consider donating to help us in our mission to rescue the fruit bats of Israel! https://www.israelbatsanctuary.com/donations #bat #baby #puppy #fostercare #cute #sleepy #family #Sweet #rescue #wildlife #batsofinstagram | The Israeli Bat Sanctuary