Batusi Nights

Bat rescue, rehabilitation and education, and other bat adventures in Australia.

Australia is home to four species of megabats (flying foxes)

Black Flying Fox - Pteropus alecto

Grey-headed Flying Fox - Pteropus poliocephalus

Spectacled Flying Fox - Pteropus conspicillatus

Little Red Flying Fox - Pteropus scapulatus

All four species are under increasing pressure from loss of habitat and feed trees, climate change and human cruelty and harassment.

Their natural habitat is in trees along waterways - human development has inhabited or cleared most of these areas.

Australian flying foxes are keystone species, playing a unique and crucial role in the environment as Australia's only long-distance pollinator and Australia's forests and other wildlife depend on them.

Flying foxes are intelligent, social, gentle and curious creatures who deserve a chance at a life free of persecution.

I hope these videos help you learn more about our beautiful bats and why we need to care for them.