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Heat waves take a toll on Australian fruit bats

Posted at 5:51 PM on 28 Nov 2007

Climate change has, ahem, taken a swing at bats. Unable to deal with scorching heat waves, thousands of Australian fruit bats have flapped their wings, panted, drooled -- then dropped dead. Which begs the question: Do bat researchers spend a lot of time yelling, "Quick -- to the bat cave!" We really, really hope so.

sources: Agence France-Presse, The Telegraph

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