Cute baby bat flapping and yawning

To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email licensing@ Although bats in general have a poor reputation, as a bat carer it is impossible to reconcile the superstitions with the animal. Far from being blood sucking harbingers of death, bats are gentle mammals that help to keep insect populations under control and they pollinate forests and spread the seeds of biodiversity. Media, movies and silly politicians have much to answer for and unfortunately, there will always be a percentage of the population that despite solid evidence to the contrary, still believe that bats are dangerous and dirty. Education, tolerance and an understanding of the true value of bats is imperative and with populations crashing around the globe, let’s all help to spread the good word about bats. Insectivorous microbats demolish tonnes of harmful and disease carrying insects such as mosquitoes each evening and flying-foxes are long distance pollinators and seed dispersers.