A local animal charity posted these pictures of the dead flying foxes...........B^(
Posted on 01/08/2018 10:46:43 AM PST by Red Badger
THOUSANDS of flying foxes died in an Australian heatwave so severe it has melted tarmac.
The animals fell from the trees as they were boiled alive in temperatures exceeding 40C in Campbelltown in New South Wales.
Animal welfare volunteers battled to save the lives of the hundreds of babies and some adults in distress but the death toll is believed to be in the thousands.
A spokesman from the charity Help Save the Wildlife and Bushlands in Campbelltown said: "The efforts of our volunteers yesterday was both heroic and heartbreaking.
"In extremely trying conditions they worked tirelessly to provide sub-cutaneous fluids to the pups that could be reached and many lives were saved.
"But sadly many lives were lost too.
"Hundreds of mainly young flying-foxes were lost to the heat yesterday and the final count could run to thousands."
The heatwave in three states brought temperatures strong enough to melt the bitumen on a highway and sparked bushfires that destroyed buildings and threatened lives.
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A local animal charity posted these pictures of the dead flying foxes...........B^(
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Did you say thousands of fruit bats?
are they saying it never happened before Global Warming ?
windmills probably kill more animals than that every day.
I’m sure they want to imply that.
Not unlike the recent cold snap in the US, in which the media lamented frozen sharks being found off the coast of New England. As if that had never happened before in all of Earth’s history.
Isn’t a flying fox just a bat with an agent?
I think they may be using the word “boiled” incorrectly.
I saw it was 117 degrees F. near Sydney the other day.
At least its not a sharknado. Those are dangerous
Ding. Ding. Ding. We’ve got today’s winner, ladies and gentlemen.
40C is only 104F. Really hot but not unusual for places in the SW US.
40 degrees C is like 104 F
I think so too.
Water boils at 100 degrees C, which is significantly higher than 40 degrees C.
First lizards, now it's raining bats. Who said that Climate Change wouldn't cause strange weather?
or South Eastern Washington!
Back around 1965, eastern Washington got over 120 IIRC.
I’ve never experienced one myself, but I’ve heard bad things about them...
Those critters must have been living on the highest mountain in Australia, nay, the world, if water boils at 40° C.
That is 104 Fahrenheit to those living in Rio Linda — warm but not particularly special in the good ol' USA.
Uh, boiling occurs at 100C.
Sad story and I hate to see animals suffering, but 40 C is about 104 F which doesn’t seem all that hot. Of course I live in Texas.
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