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Orphan big brown bat flight test - not ready to go
It’s release time for the eight orphaned big brown bats and I’ve been giving them a final check over and test to be sure they are flying well. This particular little guy didn’t want to leave the glove at all, and only managed a short hop. He’s visibly round, and may be more flight ready once he’s lost some weight. Of the eight bats, five flew well and three were reluctant or not strong fliers. All three were on the heavy side for adult big brown bats. Once the others are released it’ll be easier to control their food intake - hopefully I can get them slimmed down and flight ready by this year but if not, they’ll overwinter and we’ll try again in the spring.
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Orphan big brown bat - flight test didn’t go as planned
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The eight orphaned big brown bats are getting a final check up before release, and I’m testing each one to make sure they are flying well. These are the faces you make while trying to extract a bat from behind your neck. Bats don’t normally fly into hair or land on people, but in the small confines of the flight tent she didn’t have many other choices. She’s also flying great and is ready to re...
Big brown bat orphan - flight testing
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It’s time to release the eight big brown bat orphans, so I’m giving everyone a final good look over check up and test to make sure they are flying well. This guy is looking great!
Bat orphans in flight tent
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The eight bat orphans have spent the past few weeks outside in a large tent to practice flying - this is the last step before they’re released back into the wild. Several of them are out and looking great here (the loud noise is a passing motorcycle in my neighborhood) - I’ll individually flight test each of them before release.
Three raccoon orphans indoor cage cleaning playtime
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Raccoon orphans Notch, Decibel, and Bother were almost weaned and ready to move outside at this point - one way to tell it’s time for a cage upgrade, they were trashing their house every night and it was getting very hard to keep it cleaned. Cleaning time was very exciting - new places to climb!
Orphan skunk eating from dish
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This little skunk baby was found walking in circles near a park office - an adult skunk had been hit by a car on the busy road nearby. He was covered in ticks and other parasites and very thin, but was old enough to eat on his own from a dish and recovered quickly. Since I didn’t have any other skunk babies to put him with, he was transferred to a different wildlife rehabilitator with several s...
Raccoon orphans introduction to outdoor enclosure
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Once raccoon orphans Notch, Decibel, and Bother were all eating solid food on their own it was time to move them from their indoor house (which was an epic mess every morning) into much bigger outdoor quarters where they can practice being raccoons.
Bip the big brown bat responding to voice
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Bip, the littlest big brown bat orphan, learned very quickly while still in the incubator that the sound of my voice meant food time. For some wildlife it’s important to limit exposure to human voices to avoid habituation, but big brown bats are not likely to approach humans again once released. (Gandalf the cat chimes in at the end).
2023 raccoon orphans - fresh straw!
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Fresh straw is a great excuse for frolics and wrestling for Notch, Decibel, and Bother, the three 2023 raccoon orphans. They’ll be released back into the wild in early fall.
Big brown bat in flight tent
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The flight tent is the final stage of rehabilitation for the 2023 orphaned big brown bats - this little one is practicing flight skills in preparation for release.
Injured red bat getting a drink of water
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This little red bat was found with puncture wounds and wing injuries.
Big brown bats Eppie and Chira eating mealworms
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Eppie and Chira are big brown bats that both have permanent wing injuries. Since they cannot be released back into the wild, they are educational ambassadors. Their names are taken from the scientific name for the big brown bat: Eptesicus fuscus, and from the name for the order of bats: Chiroptera
Baby big brown bat exam
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This big brown bat baby was born in captivity, after her mom was found with a wing injury. Unfortunately mom could not be released due to her injury, and is now an educational ambassador, but her baby was healthy and was released back into the wild when she was old enough.
Big brown bat (Eppie) eating mealworms
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Eppie is a big brown bat who was brought in with a wing injury that unfortunately turned out to be permanent. Since she is not able to fly, and wouldn't survive in the wild, she now has a home as an educational ambassador. Her name is from the scientific name for the big brown bat: Eptesicus fuscus
Big brown bat (Eppie) with newborn baby under wing
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Eppie is a big brown bat that was brought in with a wing injury, which unfortunately turned out to be permanent. While in captivity, she gave birth to a healthy bat pup. Since the baby was releasable, it was transferred to another wildlife rehabilitator with another bat baby when she was old enough, and was eventually released into the wild. Mom Eppie stayed in captivity as an educational ambas...
Big brown bat getting a drink of water (Chira)
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Big brown bat getting a drink of water (Chira)
Baby bluebird swallowing a June bug
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Baby bluebird swallowing a June bug
Trail Cam White-footed or Deer Mouse Jan 2016
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Trail Cam White-footed or Deer Mouse Jan 2016
what is this beautiful creatures name ?
Possums normally have 13 joeys in a litter so about half have already been lost.
She's not the stepmom she's the Mom who stepped up!
You need to be EXTREMELY careful when holding a butterfly like that, their wings are INCREDIBLY fragile.
What a beautiful bean❤
When my wife says I have to go to work.
Gosh i wish i got that crunch sound when i enjoy my meals 😉 ❤
#cecropiamoth
I have a feeling he’ll be back for more…
Studies show watching possum eat broccoli lowers stress levels by up to 75 percent
Ля чамка сама себя фарширует, молодец чучело
That is just simply precious.
How sweet!
what a wondeful creatures
❤💕
Finally my UA-cam algorithm is understanding what I actually want.
14 years ago? RIP cute little baby opossum. I hope you had babies.
Oh! Juicy juicy juicy. Is there another one somewhere around here that I missed?
If I ever go to the US I’m getting one of these
I had a pet one named Gomer I never picked him up ,fed him cat food he loved angel food cake ,lived under a fiberglass pond that was in the backyard upside down,after a while he would sometimes come out to me ,my German Shepards knew paw,s off ,one day he wanted me to follow him over to a old wood pile ,he wanted me to meet his wife and kids ,don’t know how many were on mon ,but there was a lot ,he was real proud ,and truth be told so was I !
I really like this video, the little guy seems so polite
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They are harmless, aren’t they?
Beautiful and cute ❤️💖🌸 it’s almost like it did a flutter of excitement at the end lol
Just saw 3 policeactivity videos.
this the most thug gangster shit i’ve ever seen
If anyone kills one your going to hell for sure
Fun Fact: These opossums have a 3 stage defense system to protect themselves from predators. Stage 1 is to bare their teeth and hiss to try and seem menacing. Stage 2 is to actually play dead, not a lot of animals want to eat something if it appears weak or sickly. Stage 3, opossums can smell horrible, so they can be “dead” (unconscious) for hours and predators will be fooled into thinking it’s a rotting corpse. So unless they are super desperate, they won’t get near them.
Cool dog
me core
is really enjoying the broccoli
That's gotta be the cleanest healthiest looking pouch packing critter I've ever seen.
Thanks for the adorable video! As a new baby possum sitter, I wanted to know the sounds a mom would make to communicate with her babies. Most of the videos out there show defensive behaviors like hissing. All I can think is, my dude, they wouldn’t be hissing at you if you hadn’t cornered them. They’re such cuties!
A wonderful video. I'm a retired aircraft engineering test pilot, and I would give the bat full marks for that flight test, as well as giving you full marks in your role as flight test operations manager.
*PUPPIES* !
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Bro chomp da brocc
Unbelieveable, even an opossum can excel any of you disgusting antropomorphic self-proclaimed human entities. Give this lil creature of god as many broccoli as it wants ❤
They look intimidating but actually are very docile little creatures ❤
I had a momma possum with 3 babies when I was young..... I miss them
I searched up "raccoons eating sugar snap peas" and i was not disappointed, love me some raccoon content ❤
No need to waste money on fresh broccoli You can just feed that thing your trash.
Soo many ❤ 🤗 True story : RIP 8Years🥹
Cute! Wish these were more common where I live
Good thing you weren't dressed like a skunk
I wish there was an actual way to get people to be a little easier on these guys here in the Midwest.
nobody really knows about wildlife rehabbers
"Wait.....I should have fallen back down a kept laying there. Oh shit."
I love how much it enjoys that bromccoli
I did something meaningful today by watching this.
Going to grow up big and strong eating his greens