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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.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Whew....I thought they died in FORMATION like that!!
“sparked bushfires”
pretty sure that’s STILL below ignition temperature
It’s a dry heat....................B^)
They stay in the cool spots during the day (caves)and leave at night when it is cooler.
Boiled? Last I heard, boiling had something to with water at 212 degrees F...
104 degree water isn’t even hot enough to kill a package of active dry yeast.
Morons...
this just in- packets of yeast fall from the sky after being boiled alive by global warming
I wonder why our bats don’t boil alive here in Arizona when it gets to 115, 120 degrees.
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Because our bats have evolved and are on a higher plane of evolution than their bats who are Darwin Award winners.
That’s Cat Woman, Julie Newmar, not the Joker................
Nah, they’re just pinin’ for the fjords.
“”The efforts of our volunteers yesterday was both heroic and heartbreaking.”
...and hilarious.
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Boiled in the air? In 40C (104F) temperature?
I thought Australian animals were more hard core than that
At least its not a sharknado. Those are dangerous
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That’s right... a sharknado is nothing to fool with. I stay away from those critters.
Bats can be carriers of rabies, you know. Better hope your cat doesn’t get that bat.
I know the bats in Austin handle 104 degrees pretty regularly.
At least its not a sharknado. Those are dangerous
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That’s right... a sharknado is nothing to fool with. I stay away from those critters.
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I bet y’all a hoot on a Snipe Hunt....<: <: <:
(YOU hold the bag, I will be right back)
Reminiscent of back in the day when it was basically ‘wilderness’, used to take the gals grunion running on the Strand in Coronado
Some camps just live under road bridges in Tucson.
I bet y’all a hoot on a Snipe Hunt....<: <: <:
(YOU hold the bag, I will be right back)
Reminiscent of back in the day when it was basically ‘wilderness’, used to take the gals grunion running on the Strand in Coronado
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LOL!!!
I can relate to that. ;>)
Back in WWII there was an outfit in NM that was putting together bats to be dumped from airplanes with parachutes and incendiary bombs with the idea being to drop them over Tokyo etal to set the thatched roofs on fire.
The experiment ended up setting some forest fires in CA.
‘Bat Bomb’ by Jack Couffer....
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