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"Hundreds of bats rescued from the winter storm that struck the US over the
past week were finally able to return to their homes in Texas last night. The
bats nearly froze to death as the storm brought a blast of cold Arctic air down
to the Lone Star State and much of the continental US.
Mexican Free-tailed bats started dropping from their roosts as temperatures
dipped below freezing on the evening of December 22nd, according to the Houston
Humane Society. At one colony under Waugh Bridge in Houston, the tiny bats
plummeted 15 to 30 feet to the pavement. Suffering hypothermic shock, the bats
might have perished on the pavement. Weighing in at around half an ounce, the
critters don’t have much body fat to keep themselves warm.
But the Houston Human Society quickly jumped into action with a “cold-shock”
bat rescue initiative at Waugh Bridge and another colony in Brazoria County.
You can check out some neat videos of the effort on the Houston Humane
Society’s Facebook Page. “Amazingly, most of bats have survived,” the group
said on Facebook on December 24th. By December 26th, they had rescued 1,544
bats. "
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
