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#DidYouKnow that a #bats knuckle joints start out hollow and as they get older they fill in with bone tissue (and become ossified). This is how we tell a #juvenile from an #adult. @_BCT_ #wildlife #wildliferescue #bat #brandts

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6 Aug

#identifying #bats is tricky work! Some are obvious, others have subtle features. #pipistrelle bats are #identified by the presence of a little flap of skin near thier foot called the post calcarial lobe. This with a pointy tragus and short tail indicates pipistrelle family.

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4 Aug

This guy is a #Brandts #bat and was found in #Doncaster. He had been attacked by a #cat and then suffered a #flystrike. A carer collected him but he sadly passed away during the journey. Brandt's feature on the #redlist of at risk wildlife. @Mammal_Society @_BCT_

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31 Jul

A third of British native #bats feature on the #redlist published yesterday by @Mammal_Society in every category except extinct. Please support @_BCT_ in trying to preserve our favourite, unique and special mammal.

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30 Jul

Bat species at risk of extinction: The first official IUCN Red List for British Mammals shows that 4 of the 11 mammal species native to Britain classified as being at imminent risk of extinction are #bats . Read the full news piece here: https://www.bats.org.uk/news/2020/07/bat-species-at-risk-of-extinction

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