The gorgeous butterfly bat finds a unique shelter and makes a friend. These bats have adopted an unusual roosting site because there's a short supply of natural forest in the region. | National Geographic Animals

These beautiful and elusive bats are Yellow-bellied sheathtails and they rarely come into care. A large insectivorous bat that preys upon grasshoppers, beetles and other creepy crawlies, Yellow-bellies fly high and fast above the forest canopy and they roost in tree hollows. This species is found throughout tropical Australia and mating occurs in August producing a single offspring which is born between December and March. If you look carefully in photo 3 you will see the long fine hairs that co

Cooked sweet corn on the cob is a very welcome additon to the diet of our bats in care. With so many juveniles coming in from rescue many have never encountered corn on the cob before as it isn't a food they get in the wild. Flying-foxes are up for just about anything and they really do catch on very quickly and soon realise what a yummy treat corn is. Any flying-fox by itself through the day is in trouble. Don’t touch but please call 0488 228 134 for Brisbane and surrounding districts or phone

What is a flying-foxes favourite food next to mangoes, paw paw and cooked corn on the cob? It would have to be fresh browse and why not when you consider the life of a flying-fox in the wild. We try and provide as much flowering and leafy browse as possble for our bats in care and their enjoyment is obvious. Our bats also benefit from the added enrichment as well as the nutritional benefits that only a native diet can provide. Thanks so much to Rachael for delivering such a bonanza of leafy good