Cute baby flying fox (bat) has a bath: this is Tapsalteerie

Tapsalteerie, an orphan GreyHeaded FlyingFox pup has a bath. He s about 8 weeks old here and just learning to feed himself and explore his environment. He s not that good at grooming yet. He was sticky all over with fruit juice, yoghurt, and poo. I don t normally bathe them, but he needed more than a brief wipe over. He is not a pet he was a wild orphan hand raised for release. GreyHeaded FlyingFoxes are listed as vulnerable to extinction. When the hand raised babies are 3 months old, they go into a creche, where they join other orphans and form a group. At this stage they d be separating from this batty mums and be becoming more independent in the colony. In creche, at this age, they learn batty etiquette and how to live in a batty society. They shrug off their human mums and want to be with the other batties. When they are emotionally and physically ready, and uninjured, and around 45 months old, theyre put into a release cage under a colony and they can inte